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The spacecraft technology that will take us to the stars, the Moon and possibly even to Mars, including news from NASA and private companies.
PickNik awarded NASA SBIR Phase 2 for in-orbit robot autonomy.
PickNik Robotics was just awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Phase II Small Business…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Begins Demo Phase
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new job. Ingenuity will embark on a new operations demonstration phase after…
NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon
NASA selected SpaceX to develop the first commercial human lander that will carry the next two American astronauts…
Catch NASA’s 4/18 Virtual Viewing of Orion Spacecraft Drop Test
Tune in to see a 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft dropped into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA's…
Motiv Developing First Robotic Arm to Survive Moon’s Extreme Cold
Motiv Space Systems, in partnership with JPL, announced the COLDArm, the first-in-kind robotic arm that will be…
Australian Space Consortium Leverages Quantum Tech
Q-CTRL announced that it will provide the first quantum sensing and navigation technologies for space exploration…
Apply Now for First Lunar Mission on SpaceX Starship in 2023
The dearMoon Project released a video announcement that it has opened the application process for eight civilians…
Plasma Thruster Concept to Generate Exhaust 10x Faster
Travel to Mars may be closer than we think, based on work at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma…
3d Printing – To The Moon!
COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems is wrapping up final development and build of electron beam 3D metal printing…
Origami Could be the Key to Long-Distance Space Travel
Fuel storage and transport is a major limiting factor in space travel, relegating travel to short trips when large…