Commercial Space

General
Commercial Space
Low Earth Orbit Economy
NASA and its commercial partners continue to drive innovation in space exploration, achieving milestones that will ultimately benefit human spaceflight and commercial low Earth orbit efforts. These recent achievements from NASA’s industry partners include completed safety milestones, successful flight tests, and major technological advancements.
Posted November 25, 2024
NASA Directorates
Commercial Space
Dragonfly
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Missions
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing our search for the building blocks of life.
Posted November 25, 2024
Low Earth Orbit Economy
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
General
Humans in Space
NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development, and food provisioning – essential elements for human spaceflight and sustainable living in space.The event, held at the agency’s J
Posted November 7, 2024
General
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
Low Earth Orbit Economy
NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside spacecraft helps humans talk to each other, hear alarms clearer, get restful sleep, and minimizes the risk of hearing loss.
Posted October 23, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Media are invited to hear from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams during an Earth to space call at 2:15 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 13. The pair will participate in a news conference aboard the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. Coverage of the event will stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and […]
Posted September 9, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming activities for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft departure from the International Space Station and return to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft will depart from the orbiting laboratory for a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
Posted August 30, 2024
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award.
Posted August 29, 2024
EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)
Commercial Space
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars. Blue Origin is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Oct.
Posted August 26, 2024
Missions
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the media event on NASA+, NASA […]
Posted August 22, 2024
Low Earth Orbit Economy
Commercial Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
An element of a NASA-funded commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test as part of the agency’s efforts for new destinations in low Earth orbit. This milestone is part of a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded to Blue Origin in 2021. […]
Posted July 25, 2024
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