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Sierra Space Continues to Lead the Industry in the Development of the First Business-Ready Commercial Space Station

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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Sierra Space is the only space company that has advanced to full-scale structural testing of commercial space station technology.

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  • Sierra Space is the only space company that has advanced to full-scale structural testing of commercial space station technology.
  • The test article, currently in assembly, is equivalent to one third the volume of the entire International Space Station (ISS).
  • “Sierra Space’s expandable space station technology, based on the LIFE habitat product line, leverage a discriminating technology that has no equal.
  • Sierra Space is also continuing its LIFE10 development and testing campaign with two additional tests planned for 2024.

Weekly Recap: 13 Press Releases You Might Have Missed

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Friday, May 3, 2024
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

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  • NEW YORK, May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire.
  • To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
  • Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
  • These are just a few of the recent press releases that consumers and the media should know about.

NASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration

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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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The awardees also will receive assistance from propulsion, space transportation, and science experts at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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  • The awardees also will receive assistance from propulsion, space transportation, and science experts at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
  • "The Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notice enables NASA to collaboratively work with U.S. industry and academia to develop needed technologies," said Daniel O'Neil, manager, NASA Marshall's Technology Development Dual-Use CAN Program.
  • "Products from these cooperative agreements support the closure of identified technology gaps and enable the development of components and systems for NASA's Moon to Mars architecture."
  • Funding was available for organizations focused on supporting entrepreneurial research and innovation ideas that could advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions.

Boryung Launches 2024 Humans In Space Challenge: Sending Experiments into Orbit

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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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The HIS Challenge, now in its third year, is an idea competition Boryung has led since 2022 to build a global space healthcare ecosystem by gathering various space healthcare leaders and ideas.

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  • The HIS Challenge, now in its third year, is an idea competition Boryung has led since 2022 to build a global space healthcare ecosystem by gathering various space healthcare leaders and ideas.
  • The newly implemented structure for this year's program supports the realization of breakthrough ideas in space, including the International Space Station (ISS).
  • "From this year, Humans In Space will play the pivotal role as a platform for promising technologies and research projects to conduct breakthrough space experiments and advance further."
  • The 2024 HIS Challenge enables the final awardees' on-orbit experiments and establishes a global space healthcare ecosystem to promote robust partnership and growth models.

Space-Made Fibers and Novel Biotech Among Research Returning to Earth After Successful Space Station Mission

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Research on a novel vision loss therapy and space-manufactured optical fibers were among the nearly 565 pounds of science and technology payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory that splashed down off the Florida coast Tuesday morning as NASA concluded SpaceX's 30th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission.

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  • Encapsulate leveraged the microgravity environment of the space station to validate an automated tumor-on-a-chip system that grows patient-derived cancer cells to test chemotherapy drugs.
  • Using powdered protein could significantly reduce the mass of materials sent to space for manufacturing, allowing increased production at a lower cost.
  • From mid-February to mid-March, the company manufactured a total of more than seven miles (11.9 km) of optical fiber on station.
  • These are just a few of the investigations returning to Earth in the SpaceX Dragon capsule on this mission.

NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner's First Crewed Launch, Docking

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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1:30 p.m. – Virtual news conference at Kennedy with the flight test astronauts:

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  • 1:30 p.m. – Virtual news conference at Kennedy with the flight test astronauts:
    Coverage of the virtual news conference will stream live on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .
  • 6:30 p.m. – Launch coverage begins on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .
  • NASA+ will resume coverage and NASA Television's media channel will break from in-orbit coverage to carry the postlaunch news conference.
  • Once the postlaunch news conference is complete, NASA+ coverage will end, and mission coverage will continue on both NASA channels.

NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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NASA will provide live coverage of the move beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .

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  • NASA will provide live coverage of the move beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .
  • Starliner will autonomously dock to the forward-facing port of the Harmony module, delivering NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the space station.
  • NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission launched March 3 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the space station March 5.
  • Learn more about space station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook, ISS Instagram, and the space station blog .

Calnetix Technologies' High-Speed Active Magnetic Bearing Blower Reaches One-Year Operation Milestone

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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CERRITOS, Calif., April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Calnetix Technologies today announced its first year of operation of a multi-year technology demonstration of its Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system onboard the International Space Station (ISS). During this initial year of operation, Calnetix Technologies worked hand-in-hand with NASA to continuously evaluate the FCBO2 blower's active magnetic bearing (AMB) system to ensure the highest levels of reliability and performance.

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  • During this initial year of operation, Calnetix Technologies worked hand-in-hand with NASA to continuously evaluate the FCBO2 blower's active magnetic bearing (AMB) system to ensure the highest levels of reliability and performance.
  • Calnetix Technologies' magnetically levitated blower system was designed to replace the existing foil bearing blower system.
  • Its blower system comprises a Momentum™ In-Line Blower integrated with active magnetic bearings and a Continuum™ Dual Controller that drives the blower.
  • This dual controller consists of an active magnetic bearing (AMB) controller and a variable speed drive (VSD) motor controller integrated into a compact package.

L3Harris Selects Mercury to Provide Solid-State Data Recorders for SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Satellites

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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L3Harris was selected in January to design and build 18 satellites that will provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage, with preliminary missile defense, under SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.

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  • L3Harris was selected in January to design and build 18 satellites that will provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage, with preliminary missile defense, under SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.
  • The Tracking Layer is part of SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a layered network of military satellites supporting multiple missions in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
  • Tranche 2 follows the 16-satellite constellation L3Harris is building for Tranche 1, and the four recently launched satellites it built for the Tranche 0.
  • Mercury’s solid-state data recorders (SSDRs) are the primary storage devices on all three L3Harris constellations.

Redwire Signs MOU with Boryung to Support its Trailblazing Humans In Space Program for Global Human Health

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Through the agreement, Redwire will serve as an implementation partner in support of Boryung’s Humans In Space program, a global initiative committed to advancing knowledge and innovation that support the well-being of humanity through space experiments.

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  • Through the agreement, Redwire will serve as an implementation partner in support of Boryung’s Humans In Space program, a global initiative committed to advancing knowledge and innovation that support the well-being of humanity through space experiments.
  • Boryung’s Humans In Space program represents a significant opportunity to advance space research and development to accelerate novel developments that can lead to improvements in human health and eventually enable the realization of an interplanetary civilization.
  • Through the MOU, Redwire intends to facilitate research experiments on-orbit, funded through the Humans In Space program, and provide mission management services.
  • Redwire will also serve as a partner for the third annual Humans In Space challenge, a global competition for researchers and innovators addressing the impact of space on human well-being.