Tag: Draper
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Bezos says space industry stalwarts will help Blue Origin build moon lander
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, speaks Tuesday at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Blue Origin has partnered with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build elements of the company’s human-rated lunar lander, and Draper will lead development of the lander’s avionics and guidance systems, with an aim to be…
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NASA to soon announce winner of first commercial lunar lander competition
Artist’s concept of Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander. Credit: Astrobotic Within days, NASA is expected to select a winner from a roster of nine eligible companies to try and become the first commercial entity to accomplish a soft landing on the moon with a robotic spacecraft. The privately-developed probe would be the vanguard in a series of…
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NASA picks nine companies to compete for commercial lunar lander missions
A concept illustration of Lockheed Martin’s McCandless lunar lnader for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) program. Credit: NASA/Lockheed Martin NASA announced Thursday nine companies that will be eligible to compete for up to $2.6 billion in contracts over the next decade to ferry scientific instruments and tech demo payloads to the moon aboard commercial…
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Golden Spike recruit Draper to evaluate lunar landing sites
The Golden Spike company are continuing to push forward with their ambitious plans to reinitiate crewed missions to the surface of the Moon. The commercial company announced a partnership with Draper Laboratory on Wednesday, with the goal to evaluate potential lunar landing sites. Golden Spike: Formed in 2010, Golden Spike is led by Board Chair…