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Intuitive Machines selects MDA Lunar landing sensors to support first US mission to the Moon in 50 years
Contract represents the fourth Lunar sensor award for MDA as the number of planned Moon missions grows August 23, 2021 (Colorado Springs, CO) MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly-expanding global space industry, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Intuitive Machines, LLC to provide Lunar…
Five Accept High Honors at 36th Space Symposium Opening Ceremonies
Awardees Recognized for Excellence in Space Education, Space Achievement, Public Outreach, Space Exploration and Lifetime Space Achievement COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Aug. 23, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983, today announced that five honorees have accepted awards for their distinguished achievements in the global space ecosystem. Kaci Heins Accepts the…
BAE Systems collaborates with GlobalFoundries to produce radiation-hardened single board computers for space
MANASSAS, Va. – August 23, 2021 — BAE Systems’ radiation-hardened RAD510™ System on Chip (SoC) for space-based computing is entering fabrication. Designed by BAE Systems and manufactured by GlobalFoundries® (GF®), the RAD510 SoC will be the core of a single board computer (SBC) with twice the performance capability of the industry standard RAD750® microprocessor. The…
Commercial Space Revenues Propel Global Space Economy to Grow 55% Over Decade
Space Foundation Releases 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition Revealing Commercial Space Revenue Grew 6.6% in 2020, Exceeding $356B Infrastructure and support industries grew the most, by 16.4%, surpassing $137B Products and services grew 1.2%, accounting for over 60% of commercial space More than 1,100 SmallSats launched in 2020, 92% of all spacecraft deployed COLORADO…
Aitech’s S-A1760 Venus™ Brings NVIDIA-based AI Supercomputing to Next Generation Space Applications
Radiation-characterized COTS system qualified for use in small sat clusters and short-duration spaceflights S-A1760 Venus Technical Specifications Suitable for the next generation of short duration spaceflight, NEO and LEO satellite constellations NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX2i SoM with 256 CUDA cores reaching 1 TFLOPS COTS-based system meets new Series 300 level qualifications Local data processing onboard where…
Aitech Continues to Enable Space Innovations in Small Geostationary Communications Satellites from Astranis
Aitech Continues to Enable Space Innovations in Small Geostationary Communications Satellites from Astranis Mission-critical system from Aitech is used in communications infrastructure for low earth orbit (LEO) and near earth orbit (NEO) small sats Chatsworth, Calif. August 2021 – Aitech, a leading provider of rugged board and system level solutions for military, aerospace and space…
Aitech Showcases Support for Next-gen Space Applications with New COTS Qualification Standard at 2021 Space Symposium
New Series 300 qualification level helps mitigate risk, manage costs, improve reliability of COTS components in low earth orbit (LEO) and near earth orbit (NEO) environments Chatsworth, Calif. August 2021 – Aitech, a leading provider of rugged board and system level solutions for military, aerospace and space applications, will showcase its space-rated components and systems…
The Ozmen Foundation Fuels Next-Gen STEM Talent Through Support of MIT’s Beaver Works Summer STEM Program
SPARKS, Nev., (August 19, 2021) – Through the Ozmen Foundation Fund, Eren and Fatih Ozmen sponsored MIT’s 2021 Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) for the sixth straight year. BWSI is a four-week summer program for talented high school seniors with a passion for science, technology, engineering and math. The program is offered by Beaver Works, a joint venture between the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Expands Los Angeles Facility for NASA’s Moon and Mars Rocket
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 18, 2021 – Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished a major expansion of its Los Angeles facility to support production of new-generation RS-25 main engines for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will send astronauts to the Moon as early as 2024. “This expanded facility will serve NASA’s human exploration requirements for decades to come,”…
Space Foundation Receives Building Donation From El Pomar
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Aug. 19, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced that El Pomar Foundation has completed the donation of a building for Space Foundation’s Colorado Springs headquarters. The forgiveness of the $4.1 million loan by El Pomar allows Space Foundation to…