Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
Satellite operator Promethee has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build the first nanosatellite for the French company's planned constellation of Earth observation nanosatellites and image analysis platform. "ProtoMethee-1" will be based on NanoAvionics' flight-proven 16U nanosatellite bus M16P. In addition to the satellite with onboard camera and propulsion, NanoAvionics will

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2022
Looking forward to catching an air taxi? NASA is working to answer where Advanced Air Mobility or AAM vehicles will take off and land. Many AAM aircraft will be electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOLs, so they will have the ability to take off and land vertically like helicopters on helipads. AAM vehicle types could also include other power and operating concepts. NASA's Advanced

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
Talented students from communities around the U.S. recently gained hands-on experience in high-performance computing, NASA style. With help from experts in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) division at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, the students took part in a supercomputing competition. Twelve teams of undergraduate and graduate students from six Historic

New York NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2022
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has entered into a teaming agreement with Geollect, a world leading geospatial intelligence and data analysis company, to offer unrivalled maritime domain awareness capabilities. Satellogic will contribute its maritime imagery collection and processing capabilities to Geollect, which will lead th

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new "green energy" fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energy in its bipropellant into electrical power. This technology, called BEEPS for Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, is being developed by a three-year Seedlings for Disruptive Capabilit

Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
USNC Advanced Technologies, a division of Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), announces it has been selected by NASA to receive a Phase II SBIR contract to develop a proposed ultra-high temperature material testing facility. The specialized equipment could provide an essential terrestrial environment for testing the performance of materials planned for use in space-based nuclear thermal propu

Paris (ESA) Apr 29, 2022
Alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. Upon completing the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, the team held a set of key decision meetings and unanimously agreed that Webb is ready to move