GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2024

NASA Illustration) A proposal to build a far-flung set of radio antennas to measure the cosmos is one of 13 far-out concepts to receive seed funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, also known as NIAC. Geoff Landis, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio: Sample Return From the Surface of Venus.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 26, 2024

NASA hoped the copter would be able to. The Mars Ingenuity helicopter was designed as a technology demonstration, partially to determine if flight was even possible on Mars. The lightweight chopper reached Mars on February 18, 2021, along with the Perseverance rover, and conducted its first flight on April 19. Read Entire Article

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JANUARY 2, 2024

In October 2023, NASA took a giant leap for all humankind. Let's blast off and explore the highlights: Universal Applicability: Whether you're building a Mars Rover or sending data from the furthest reaches of the cosmos, this BPG applies to all NASA missions, programs, and projects. in the realm of cybersecurity. 22, 2023.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In a report by the New York Times that interviewed seven NASA scientists, all said that the space agency's ambitious timeline of 2040 for lunar structures was achievable if it continued to hit its benchmarks. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2023

(Blue Origin Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies that could become part of future missions to the moon and Mars. NASA says Kent, Wash.-based That means no money will be transferred between NASA and its partners.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

based startup has won a contract from NASA to look into an even more ambitious project to inspect orbital debris up close. In an email exchange, Starfish co-founder Trevor Bennett told GeekWire that NASA’s SBIR Phase III contract will help his company clear the way for Otter. ”

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

On November 14, NASA picked up a laser signal launched from the Psyche spacecraft, which is traveling to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is currently more than 40 times farther away from our planet than the moon. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As NASA highlighted, the habitable area in Starship is located near the top of the lander, so they need an effective way to get to ground level that doesn't involve taking a leap of faith. Read Entire Article

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

NASA recently issued a new Request for Information (RFI) for Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies-1 (LIFT-1), inviting collaboration with companies to develop technologies for a sustained human presence on the lunar surface. However, NASA's funding for the entire demonstration will.

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GeekWire

JUNE 5, 2023

NASA Illustration) NASA’s latest round of small-business grants will support aerospace-related technologies ranging from a new kind of spacecraft docking mechanism to a power beaming system suitable for use on the moon. One grant would support the development of a lunar power distribution system.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Four contractors put in bids to compete for NASA's $500 million in grants – Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Axiom Space. According to Ars Technica sources, Northrop Grumman has withdrawn its bid, and Blue Origin's status is shaky. The leak came during this week's International Astronautical Congress. Read Entire Article

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

During this time, NASA stops sending radio signals to spacecraft on Mars as the hot, ionized gas from the Sun's corona could potentially corrupt the signals and. The Mars solar conjunction happens every two years, and occurs when the Red Planet and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. Read Entire Article

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JULY 5, 2023

Maria Cantwell and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met Wednesday at the Washington State Space Summit to hash out what’s needed to grow and strengthen the Pacific Northwest’s aerospace industry — including a potential new manufacturing institute. GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Sen. The emphasis was on U.S. ”

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 19, 2018

NASA today revealed that had been hacked by unknown hackers earlier this year and the hackers may have access to employee information including Social Security numbers and other personal identifiable information.

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TechSpot

APRIL 4, 2024

NASA has selected three private companies, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab, to design and build the next lunar terrain vehicle (LTV). The rover will accompany the Artemis crew's mission to the moon's south pole. These companies will be responsible for the design, construction, and testing of the vehicle.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Citizen scientists process the raw images and provide color correction to give viewers a comprehensible interpretation of the subjects NASA is studying. Since the Juno mission's most recent flyby of Jupiter and one of its moons, more detailed pictures of the gas giant have appeared in the official repository. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 25, 2023

NASA recently unveiled rocket nozzles manufactured with a new process that passed testing a few months ago, making them lighter and easier to construct. The innovation could help the agency reach future goals on the moon and Mars. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

DARPA Illustration) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a nuclear-powered rocket that could someday send astronauts to Mars. An artist’s conception shows a nuclear-powered demonstration rocket in space.

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TechSpot

APRIL 21, 2022

NASA writes (via Space.com) that a team of doctors was last year "holoported" to the International Space Station (ISS) using the Microsoft HoloLens Kinect camera and some custom software. It allowed astronaut Thomas Pesquet to have a two-way conversation with live images of NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid and.

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TechSpot

JUNE 21, 2022

Scientific American reports that NASA is preparing to wind down the Voyager mission, which has endured for over ten times its original projected length. By powering down some instruments, engineers hope others can last into the 2030s.

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The Verge

APRIL 3, 2022

Image: NASA/Joel Kowsky via Flickr. Today, NASA suspended the last major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket after pressurization issues prevented technicians from safely loading propellants into the rocket. NASA encountered some rough weather Saturday night, as lightning struck the towers around the SLS’s launchpad.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Multiple ground-based telescopes and satellites were employed to detect and observe GRB 230307A, an "exceptionally bright" and rare gamma-ray burst, which NASA believes originated from a kilonova. Two neutron stars traveled from another galaxy before merging, producing heavy elements rarer than platinum on Earth. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building the lunar lander destined to carry astronauts to the moon. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture had argued that NASA gave overly wide leeway to SpaceX in advance of the contract award in April — but Judge Richard Hertling of the U.S. (SpaceX Illustration).

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GeekWire

APRIL 6, 2023

(USNC-Tech Illustration) Seattle-based USNC-Tech has gotten the green light from NASA to continue development of a rapid-response spacecraft that would use a nuclear-powered propulsion system for deep-space exploration. Principal investigator: Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Center in California.

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GeekWire

JULY 25, 2023

million in funding from NASA to support the development of a system that could produce solar cells on the moon from materials that are available on site. This is NASA’s sixth round of Tipping Point grants. “The technologies that NASA is investing in today have the potential to be the foundation of future exploration.”

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NASA will soon perform a significant upgrade to the systems employed in its spaceflight computers, adopting the RISC-V architecture developed and provided under open-source licenses. NASA selected SiFive to provide the CPU cores, a fitting choice as the company headquartered in San Mateo, California was founded 7 years ago to.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

million from NASA over the next five years to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft. The fixed-price / cost-share award is being made through NASA’s Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration program, or EPFD, which aims to introduce electric powertrain technologies to U.S. for a flight test. Everett, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JULY 26, 2023

Lockheed Martin Illustration) NASA and the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have selected Lockheed Martin and BWX Technologies to move forward with development of a nuclear thermal rocket, or NTR, that could blaze a trail for future missions to the moon and Mars. Department of Energy.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Launched in 2021 and operating since July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already taken countless amazing photos and discovered incredible information. From new detailed looks at nearby planets like Jupiter, to viewing an asteroid redirection test and even taking a selfie. The vast amount of technology included.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

NASA says it’ll distribute up to $2.45 Two other researchers based in the Seattle area also won Phase 1 grants in the latest round of awards by the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC. ” “NASA dares to make the impossible possible. ” “NASA dares to make the impossible possible.

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Venture Beast

JULY 24, 2021

David Meza, senior data scientist at NASA, and his team are building a talent mapping database to better identify talent for jobs. Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG).

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

(Rocket Lab / UC-Berkeley Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won its first NASA order for a New Glenn rocket launch, with Mars as the mission’s ultimate destination. The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley is leading the mission on NASA’s behalf.

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The Verge

JANUARY 16, 2021

Four huge rocket engines will roar to life on Saturday, in a crucial test for NASA’s powerful next-generation rocket. Saturday’s test is the last step in series of tests that NASA calls a Green Run for the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful rocket designed to launch missions to the Moon and deep space. Louis, Mississippi.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

NASA’s Space Launch System stands on its launch pad for the Artemis 1 moon mission. NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls). For the third time, NASA is counting down to the first launch of its Space Launch System rocket for an uncrewed round-the-moon mission that’s meant to blaze a trail for future Artemis lunar landings.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A portion of a panorama from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings in Mars’ Jezero Crater. NASA / JPL-Caltech). But the fact that thousands of images are being pumped out via NASA’s website with only a few hiccups is arguably a testament to AWS’ performance.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

A processing incident that caused the entire Webb Space Telescope to shake did not cause any perceptible damage to the observatory, a NASA-led investigation has concluded. Read more.

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