12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study the conversion of a Centaur upper stage into a commercial International Space Station module. According to the latest statement, NASA hopes that the modules will support long-term crewed...
13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
... for a return mission to the lunar surface. NanoRacks on the other hand, operates on the International Space Station (ISS) via a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s U.S. National Labs. NanoRacks is under contract with NASA to work on a comprehensive...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed by SpaceX...
19 August 2019
Roscosmos to send Humanoid AI robot to ISS this week
...agency Roscosmos sends up some cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday 22 August, it ...will join the Russian crew currently stationed at the ISS to continue the tests of "the space-designated anthropomorphous system," said Dmitry ...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
... building the outpost, but hinted that it would be a small fraction of the $100 billion plus spent on the International Space Station. It would also be more roomy said John Ross, Sierra Nevada's vice president of development. “NASA has asked...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
...Boeing and SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). To accommodate this, NASA has expanded the International Space Station Utilization NASA Research Announcement (NRA) to assist U.S. Entities to pursue these missions. The announcement, made...
