Tag: SBIR
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Tethers Unlimited and Rocket Propulsion Systems win NASA grants for space tech
Artwork shows Tethers Unlimited’s Hyperbus platform in Earth orbit. (Tethers Unlimited Illustration) Two Seattle-area space ventures — Tethers Unlimited and Rocket Propulsion Systems — are among 124 businesses receiving $750,000 Phase II grants from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The two-year grants, announced today, support the further development of technologies that can benefit future…
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Tethers Unlimited wins five NASA awards to develop new types of space gizmos
Tethers Unlimited’s Androgynous Robotic Tool-change Interface, or ARTIE, is a hot-swappable tool-change interface for the Kraken robotic arm. (Tethers Unlimited Illustration) NASA today awarded up to $45.4 million for 363 aerospace projects proposed by small businesses and research institutions — including Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited, which snagged five of the awards. Phase I grants of…