On June 7, NASA announced a new policy allowing the International Space Station (ISS) to be used for for-profit activities, including manufacturing, tourism, and marketing. This is a change from previous policy that only allowed R&D in the U.S. elements…
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DOC to Host Space Export Control Industry Day on April 17 (UPDATED)
The Commerce Department will host a public meeting on space export controls on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The meeting is being organized in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and NASA in support of…
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Posted in Export Controls
Posted in Export Controls
Launch Mishap for Commercial Resupply Mission
A major launch anomaly marred yesterday’s attempt to deliver the next batch of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. It was to be the third CRS delivery to ISS using Orbital’s Cygnus…
Commercial Crew Transportation Contracts Announced
Today, NASA announced its selection of Boeing and SpaceX to transport U.S. crews to and from the International Space Station using their CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, respectively. Under contracts worth a combined total of $6.6 billion, each company will…
Results of U.S. Space Industry “Deep Dive” Assessment
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has completed its analysis of the data collected through its “Deep Dive” survey of the U.S. space industrial base. BIS has begun publishing publicly available reports that detail findings and recommendations…
Tagged with: Air Force, BIS, NASA, NRO, report, study, survey
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
Second ISS Delivery Service Enters Operations
On January 12, 2014, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) successfully captured the first Cygnus capsule launched as an operational, fixed-price cargo delivery service. Orbital, which developed the Cygnus spacecraft and its Antares launcher, is one of two…
President Issues New Space Transportation Policy
On November 21, President Obama signed an updated National Space Transportation Policy providing guidance to federal departments and agencies on the development and use of commercial and governmental space transportation systems. The goal of the policy is “assured access to…
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Posted in Business with the Government, Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Hosted Payloads, Space Industrial Base
Posted in Business with the Government, Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Hosted Payloads, Space Industrial Base
New Commercial Capsule Reaches International Space Station
On September 29, 2013, the first Cygnus spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the second new cargo delivery system to be demonstrated under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. It hauled about 1,300 pounds of supplies…
NASA Awards Hosted Payload Contract for Deep Space Atomic Clock Demo
Today, Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) announced that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected SST-US for the flight of the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) payload. Under the agreement, SST-US will provide a hosted payload flight opportunity for…
Second Commercial Cargo Launcher Demonstrated
On April 21, 2013, U.S. space company Orbital conducted the first test flight of its Antares rocket with a simulated cargo capsule on top. Orbital is the second of two U.S. firms to successfully demonstrate a new commercial launch vehicle…