News Archive / Tagged: NextSTEP-2
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 18, 2019
Derek RichardsonMay 18th, 2019It’s another Moon-heavy week with NASA’s “Moon by 2024” challenge getting a name, the agency’s 2020 budget request getting an amendment and more.
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NASA, Northrop Grumman finish testing cislunar habitat mockup
Sean CostelloMay 15th, 2019NASA astronauts at the Johnson Space Center recently completed testing and evaluation of Northrop Grumman's Earth-based full-scale cislunar habitat mockup.
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NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship
Curt GodwinApril 15th, 2019When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance.
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NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems
Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019With SLS and Orion in the latter stages of development, NASA wants to work with industry to develop a human-rated lunar lander by the mid-to-late 2020s.
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Lockheed Martin provides details into use of Shuttle-era cargo pods for proposed cislunar habitat
Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 8th, 2017Lockheed Martin was recently selected by NASA to build a full-scale prototype of a cislunar habitat. The development of the habitation module is part of the Phase II contract for the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program.
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Lockheed Martin announces plans to build prototype cislunar habitat
Curt GodwinJuly 26th, 2017Though NewSpace companies may garner the lion's share of headlines when it comes to reusing flight hardware, there are members of the industry's old guard who are keen to show that reusability isn't a skill held solely by the newcomers.
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President Obama reaffirms NASA’s Mars-centric exploration plan
Curt GodwinOctober 12th, 2016In an opinion piece written for CNN on Oct. 11, 2016, President Barack Obama reiterated his support for NASA's Journey to Mars. Under current plans, the U.S. space agency hopes to send astronauts to the Red Planet in the next 15–20 years.
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Video: Orbital ATK showcases its Cygnus-derived space habitat concept
Derek RichardsonSeptember 26th, 2016After being one of six companies selected last month for NASA's second Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2), Orbital ATK shed a little more light on its concept for creating a deep space habitat based on the Cygnus cargo spacecraft currently servicing the International Space Station.
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NextSTEP-2 companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes
Derek RichardsonAugust 13th, 2016Earlier this week, NASA selected six U.S. companies to develop deep space habitat ground prototypes under the second Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement. The goal of these partnerships is to advance commercial development of space while supporting human spaceflight missions to beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO).