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NanoRacks

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Nanoracks is a private American in-space services company that builds space hardware and repurposing tools. They are known for facilitating experiments and launching CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit and operate a commercial laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Nanoracks also built the Bishop Airlock for launching payloads from the ISS and counts NASA among its major partners/customers. The company's services support microgravity research and small satellite deployment.

commercialFounded 2009
Webster, Texas, United States
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Nanoracks delivered several payloads on SpaceX CRS-25 (SpX-25) in July 2022.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.2Aug 9, 2022Nanoracks’ multiple customer payloads launched on the SpaceX CRS-25 mission

GITAI first demonstrated their robotic technology on board the ISS in 2021 in collaboration with Nanoracks.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

Amela Wilson is the CEO of Nanoracks.

GovernanceValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

GITAI completed a technology demonstration of an autonomous space robot executing various tasks inside the International Space Station using the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI wins the Japan – US Innovation Awards, “Innovation Showcase”

GITAI and Nanoracks announced their partnership for the 2023 demonstration, emphasizing applications in space including on-orbit servicing and lunar exploration.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

GITAI will demonstrate the capabilities of their autonomous robot mounted external to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock in 2023.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

GITAI will mount its autonomous, 1.5-meter-long dual robotic arm system S2 on the Bishop Airlock module funded by Nanoracks.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022Japanese startup to demo robotic arm onboard ISS in 2023

NanoRacks developed and performed the waste disposal test in collaboration with NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 6, 2022Garbage Out of ISS thanks to the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

As of 7:05 p.m. Central time on Saturday, 2022-07-02, NanoRacks cycled the Bishop Airlock aboard the International Space Station and deployed a waste disposal technology that removed approximately 78.02 kg. of waste from the station.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 6, 2022Garbage Out of ISS thanks to the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

Nanoracks’ Outpost Mars Demo 1 experiment was a non-deploying hosted payload on Transporter-5 designed to test technologies for cutting into upper stages.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 26, 2022SpaceX launches Transporter-5 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission

NanoRacks developed microgravity research modules for the International Space Station called Nanolabs and decided not to patent them.

CapabilityLegalValue 4.2May 25, 2022Space logistics experts broadly endorse standards

Nanoracks, a Voyager Space portfolio company, will launch a NASA-funded experiment to demonstrate on-orbit metal cutting using a robotic arm.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 23, 2022Experimental payload with robotic arm to attempt metal cutting on orbit

Nanoracks, Maxar, and United Launch Alliance were among six teams selected by NASA in 2017 to prototype technologies in support of deep space habitats.

RelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 4.0May 23, 2022Experimental payload with robotic arm to attempt metal cutting on orbit

Voyager Space and Nanoracks expect the first Outpost demonstration mission, Outpost Mars Demo-1, to launch 2022-05 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 rideshare flight.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.5May 19, 2022First Structural Metal Cutting In Space Demo By Nanoracks + Maxar Will Be Aboard The SpaceX Transporter 5 Rideshare Mission

A team that includes Nanoracks and Lockheed Martin received $160,000,000 from NASA to develop the Starlab station under the CLD program.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.4Apr 5, 2022Orbital Reef passes design review

Nanoracks, Northrop Grumman, and Sierra Space are part of teams that won more than $400,000,000 in awards from NASA in December under the first phase of the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations effort.

RelationshipsFinancialGrowthValue 4.0Mar 25, 2022Additional funding unlikely to accelerate commercial space station projects

Nanoracks collaborated with GITAI in 2020 to demonstrate a GITAI robotic arm executing tasks inside the Bishop Airlock.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 23, 2022Spring Cleaning On The ISS Using Voyager + Nanoracks Innovative Technologies

Part of the work for the three CLD award teams led by Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman will be to improve the fidelity of their estimated prices for commercial station services.

PlanFinancialRelationshipsValue 3.0Feb 6, 2022NASA outlines cost savings from ISS transition

NASA selected proposals led by Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman on 2021-12-02 for funded Space Act Agreements under the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD) program.

RelationshipsPlanGovernanceLegalValue 4.3Feb 1, 2022Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition

NASA elected to award Space Act Agreements to Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman to provide a balanced risk spread for achieving at least one commercial LEO destination during the course of the project.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Feb 1, 2022Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition
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