News Archive / Tagged: NextSTEP-2

• Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 18, 2019

  Derek RichardsonMay 18th, 2019

  It’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.

• NASA, Northrop Grumman finish testing cislunar habitat mockup

  Sean CostelloMay 15th, 2019

  NASA astronauts at the Johnson Space Center recently completed testing and evaluation of Northrop Grumman's Earth-based full-scale cislunar habitat mockup.

• NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship

  Curt GodwinApril 15th, 2019

  When 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.

• NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019

  With 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.

• Lockheed Martin provides details into use of Shuttle-era cargo pods for proposed cislunar habitat

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 8th, 2017

  Lockheed 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.

• Lockheed Martin announces plans to build prototype cislunar habitat

  Curt GodwinJuly 26th, 2017

  Though 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.

• President Obama reaffirms NASA’s Mars-centric exploration plan

  Curt GodwinOctober 12th, 2016

  In 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.

• Video: Orbital ATK showcases its Cygnus-derived space habitat concept

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 26th, 2016

  After 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.

• NextSTEP-2 companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes

  Derek RichardsonAugust 13th, 2016

  Earlier 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).