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.
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Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman will receive more than $400,000,000 combined through 2025 to mature designs of commercial space stations under the CLD program.
Nanoracks is the only other company deploying satellites from the ISS and currently cannot launch satellites as large as 110 kg.
A team led by Nanoracks that includes Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin received the largest CLD award of $160,000,000.
Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin announced a space station concept called Starlab on 2021-10-21 that could be ready as soon as 2027.
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, was awarded a $160,000,000 contract by NASA to design the Starlab commercial space station under the agency’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program.
Nanoracks has more than a decade of experience in commercial ISS utilization and has delivered over 1,300 commercial payloads from 30 nations to the International Space Station.
Nanoracks was selected as one of three awardees to work with NASA on Commercial LEO Development.
The initial $160,000,000 award to Nanoracks is provided via a funded Space Act Agreement through 2025.
Maritime Launch Services signed a contract with Nanoracks and a Letter of Intent to launch with Nova Scotia-based GALAXIA Mission Systems.
Nanoracks announced the leadership change on 2021-11-11.
Nanoracks and Voyager Space Holdings partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop the Starlab commercial space station.
NASA was responsible for launching the GITAI S1 to the ISS and installing it inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock.
Nanoracks provided the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink for the GITAI S1 technology demonstration.
IVA activities were also conducted by remote control from the Nanoracks mission control center, referred to as 'BRIDGE', in Houston.
GITAI Japan, Inc. conducted a technology demonstration of the GITAI autonomous space robot S1 inside the ISS Nanoracks Bishop Airlock from October 13-16.
Orbital Reef joins Starlab, a commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-21 by Nanoracks, Voyager Space Holdings, and Lockheed Martin.
All operations conducted by the GITAI S1 robotic arm will be autonomous, with some teleoperations managed from Nanoracks' mission control center in Houston.
Nanoracks is providing the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink for the GITAI S1 robot.
GITAI is collaborating with Nanoracks to conduct a technical demonstration of the GITAI S1 robot executing tasks inside the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock at the ISS.
The Dragon is carrying a small robotic arm developed by Japanese company GITAI to be tested in Nanoracks’s Bishop commercial airlock.