SpaceX has started to collaborate with NASA to determine potential landing sites for the firm’s Red Dragon space vehicle and future manned missions on Mars, Space News reported Monday. Jeff Foust writes Paul Wooster, spacecraft guidance, navigation and control systems manager at SpaceX, said at a symposium held Saturday in Texas that SpaceX and NASA’s […] More

NASA has launched a solicitation for a new round of proposals to support the continuation of projects selected for the first phase of the agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program. Present and previously-awarded NIAC Phase I partners who have not completed their Phase II studies may submit their proposals until Feb. 3, 2017, the space agency said […] More

NASA‘s Space Technology Mission Directorate has forged a public-private partnership with Orbital ATK to address the agency’s robotic and human exploration goals through the establishment of a commercial space infrastructure. Orbital ATK said Tuesday the Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services project aims to update technologies for in-orbit manufacturing and assembly of space platforms. The company will […] More

NASA has asked industry to submit proposals for the initial phase of a program that seeks to develop novel platforms designed for future aerospace missions. The space agency said Wednesday it will award $125,000 in grants over a nine-month period to selected projects under Phase 1 of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program. NASA will select up to […] More