30 May 2016
BEAM module fully expanded on ISS
... is an experimental expandable space station module developed by Bigelow Aerospace, under contract to NASA. In 2012, Bigelow Aerospace was awarded a $17.8 million contract to construct BEAM as part of NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Program...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
...sending signals. The satellites were part of a four-satellite contract that had been signed in March 2012 with ABS and ...Satmex; Satmex has since been bought by Eutelsat. The contract marked the first use of all-electric propulsion by Western ...
30 November 2016
German company announce their 'Mission to the Moon' plans
... and have also successfully negotiated a launch contract with Spaceflight Industries, Inc, showing that the...for the prize will drop significantly as teams who have not secured launch contracts by the end of 2016 will be eliminated. ALINA is capable of...
06 February 2017
Planet and Google announce final stages of Terra Bella deal
... all of Terra Bella's business dealings, along with its seven SkySat satellites. Google is subsequently expected to sign a contract to purchase imaging data from Planet. Planet was originally founded in 2010 as Cosmogia , and had later changed...
24 July 2017
First lunar observatory for Moon's south pole in 2019
...announced that the company had a multi-mission launch contract with Rocket Lab for up to five launches starting in ...2017 – the first company in history to secure such a contract at the time. And according to the Moon Express website its ...
09 July 2018
Plans for a future Mars rover to return soil samples to Earth
... rover) at its Stevenage base and after securing a contract worth £3.9 million from ESA, the knowledge and expertise ... – material to Earth from another planet. “Winning this contract builds on the UK’s world-renowned expertise in space and robotics...
