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Frontgrade Qualifies Industry’s First Class L GaN DC-DC Converter and EMI FilterIMAGE
spacenews.com• Feb 18, 2025• 1 min read
Frontgrade Qualifies Industry’s First Class L GaN DC-DC Converter and EMI FilterColorado Springs, CO (February 13, 2025) – Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has become the first company to successfully qualify to Class L […] The post Frontgrade Qualifies Industry’s First Class L GaN DC-DC Converter and EMI Filter appeared first on SpaceNews.
INFLECION project set to transform maritime safety and sustainability from spaceIMAGE
esa.int• Feb 18, 2025• 1 min read
INFLECION project set to transform maritime safety and sustainability from spaceThe European Space Agency (ESA) and AAC Clyde Space, a New Space company specialising in small satellite technologies, have jointly signed a contract for the first phase of satellite constellation project INFLECION. The initiative will transform Maritime Domain Awareness – the understanding of activities at sea – by enhancing safety, efficiency, compliance, and environmental sustainability in maritime operations.
The efforts bridging space sustainability, from best intentions to real-world actionsIMAGE
spacenews.com• Feb 10, 2025• 1 min read
The efforts bridging space sustainability, from best intentions to real-world actionsAs the use of space accelerates, so too does the risk of orbital debris — a pressing threat to communications, navigation and other technologies underpinning life on Earth. An estimated […] The post The efforts bridging space sustainability, from best intentions to real-world actions appeared first on SpaceNews.
More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024IMAGE
nasa.gov• Feb 6, 2025• 1 min read
More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024Did you know that the same search and rescue technologies developed by NASA for astronaut missions to space help locate and rescue people across the United States and around the world? NASA’s collaboration with the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort known as Cospas-Sarsat has enabled the development of multiple emergency location beacons for explorers […]
NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for MoonIMAGE
nasa.gov• Feb 4, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for MoonThe old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began […]
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Space companies can dock satellites in orbit, but can they navigate the Pentagon?IMAGE
spacenews.com• Jan 31, 2025• 1 min read
Space companies can dock satellites in orbit, but can they navigate the Pentagon?Commercial space companies are revolutionizing the global economy with groundbreaking technologies, from autonomous satellite docking to cutting-edge data services. Yet, despite their innovation prowess, companies face significant challenges navigating the […] The post Space companies can dock satellites in orbit, but can they navigate the Pentagon? appeared first on SpaceNews.
Station Science Top News: Jan. 24, 2025IMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 27, 2025• 1 min read
Station Science Top News: Jan. 24, 2025Reducing reliance on resupply missions Resupply of life support elements such as air, water, food, clothing, and hygiene items will be impractical on missions to the Moon and beyond. This research assessed current use and resupply of these elements on the International Space Station and outlines technologies needed for sustained human presence in space, such […]
NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!IMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 24, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and […]
NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar ExplorationIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 23, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar ExplorationNASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven states are receiving awards. The Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix R contracts will advance learning in managing everyday challenges […]
Towards low-cost missions to MarsIMAGE
esa.int• Jan 21, 2025• 1 min read
Towards low-cost missions to MarsTwo decades after Mars Express, ESA is returning to small-scale missions aimed at exploring the Red Planet. With a completely different landscape of technologies available this time around, new opportunities for interplanetary missions open up. As part of ESA's LightShip initiative, four consortia will conduct independent parallel studies to define what a small low cost Mars satellite-platform could look like as a LightShip passenger.
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo FlightsIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 7, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo FlightsNASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
Interstellar and Toyota forge strategic partnershipIMAGE
spacenews.com• Jan 7, 2025• 1 min read
Interstellar and Toyota forge strategic partnershipSAN FRANCISCO — Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies announced a 7 billion yen ($44 million) investment Jan. 6 from Woven by Toyota, the automobile company’s mobility technology arm. Through a strategic […] The post Interstellar and Toyota forge strategic partnership appeared first on SpaceNews.
Artemis in Motion Listening SessionsIMAGE
nasa.gov• Dec 11, 2024• 1 min read
Artemis in Motion Listening SessionsThrough Artemis in Motion Sessions, NASA Seeks Moon Storytelling Ideas As NASA pioneers new technologies and methods for storytelling in space for the benefit of humanity, the agency is hosting Artemis in Motion listening sessions with industry on Thursday, Jan. 23, and Friday, Jan. 24, in Los Angeles. From the live TV images of humanity’s […]
I am Artemis: Mike LauerIMAGE
nasa.gov• Dec 4, 2024• 1 min read
I am Artemis: Mike LauerMike Lauer, an engineer who works for the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment of L3Harris Technologies, found his career inspiration in science fiction, but for the perspective it takes to execute complex space programs, he draws on real-world experience. Growing up, Lauer spent many cold winter nights in the basement of his Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home, […]
Better data, innovation and regulation needed to tackle growing space debris threatIMAGE
spacenews.com• Nov 24, 2024• 1 min read
Better data, innovation and regulation needed to tackle growing space debris threatHELSINKI — Managing the growing threat of space debris requires greater urgency, with improved sensor capability, filling data gaps, economic incentives and new technologies all needed, according to a panel […] The post Better data, innovation and regulation needed to tackle growing space debris threat appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Awards Safety, Health, Medical, Mission Assurance ContractIMAGE
nasa.gov• Nov 22, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Awards Safety, Health, Medical, Mission Assurance ContractNASA has awarded Bastion Technologies Inc., of Houston, the Center Occupational Safety, Health, Medical, System Safety and Mission Assurance Contract (COSMC) at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The COSMC contract is a hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component and maximum potential value of $53 million. The contract phase-in […]
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NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for AdvancementsIMAGE
nasa.gov• Nov 15, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for AdvancementsNASA researchers Guan Yang, Jeff Chen, and their team received the 2024 Innovator of The Year Award for their exemplary work on a lidar system enhanced with artificial intelligence and other technologies at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Like a laser-based version of sonar, lidar and its use in space exploration […]
NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy EmployeesIMAGE
nasa.gov• Nov 14, 2024• 1 min read
NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy EmployeesNASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (front center left) discusses NASA 2040 on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the agency’s strategic initiative for aligning workforce, infrastructure, and technologies to meet the needs of the future with various groups of employees at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The initiative launched in June 2023 to implement meaningful […]
High-flying Proba-3 will survey Earth’s radiation beltsIMAGE
esa.int• Nov 13, 2024• 1 min read
High-flying Proba-3 will survey Earth’s radiation beltsThe Proba-3 mission is set to demonstrate technologies needed for highly precise satellite formation flying, while also mapping the radiation content of the space through which it moves. The mission’s 3D Energetic Electron Spectrometer will measure electron fluxes as it passes through Earth’s radiation belts.