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Draper Associates

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commercialFounded 1985
United States
www.draper.vc
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ispace-U.S. will contribute to the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver payloads for scientific investigations to the far side of the Moon in 2026.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2024ispace-U.S. to use RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies Spacecraft Bus for Lunar Far Side Communications Relay Satellites

About 7,100,000,000 JPY of the funds will go toward various elements of Mission 3, a lander being developed by ispace U.S. for Draper.

Mentioned as: draperNarrative PlanMar 28, 2024Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale

ispace has $55,000,000 earmarked for Mission 3 as its share of the CLPS award to Draper.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative FinancialMar 28, 2024Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale

Rhea Space Activity’s JAM modules will be flown in conjunction with ispace-U.S.’s contribution to the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver Artemis science investigations to the far side of the Moon in 2026.

Mentioned as: draperTechnical ProductMar 8, 2024ispace-US and Rhea Space Activity Sign Payload Services Agreement Aimed at Expanding Deep Space Technological Capabilities

The Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will land in the Schrödinger Basin near the Moon’s South Pole and is expected to launch in 2026.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative PlanMar 8, 2024ispace-US and Rhea Space Activity Sign Payload Services Agreement Aimed at Expanding Deep Space Technological Capabilities

The Draper-led lunar lander mission will carry the APEX 1.0 lander that ispace U.S. will design and operate to the far side of the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

Rhea Space Activity will fly two Jervis Autonomy Module (JAM) units on a Draper-led lunar lander mission scheduled to launch in 2026.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative PlanMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

James Bickford of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Massachusetts received a 2024 NIAC Phase I grant for a Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralJan 5, 2024NASA Announces 2024 Phase I Awardees for Innovative Concept Studies

Ursa Major developed Draper, a storable liquid engine designed to defend against hypersonic weapons.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralDec 1, 2023Ursa Major Raises $138 Million for Launching Solid Rocket Motor Line

The first APEX 1.0 lander for the Draper CLPS mission is designated Mission 3 by ispace and is slated to launch in 2026.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2023Japanese government grant to support work on new ispace lunar lander

APEX 1.0 is being used for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission led by Draper.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2023Japanese government grant to support work on new ispace lunar lander

Draper is leading a team that includes ispace US, which is designing a new lunar lander called APEX 1.0.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralOct 16, 2023Commercial lunar landers prepare for liftoff

NASA has pushed back the launch of Draper’s CLPS mission from 2025 to 2026 due to redesign efforts.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralOct 16, 2023Commercial lunar landers prepare for liftoff

The Draper-led NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission known to ispace as Mission 3 and to NASA as CP-12 was originally projected to launch in 2025 and has slipped to 2026 because of the lander redesign.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipSep 29, 2023Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission

ispace – U.S. joined Team Draper in 2022 as the lunar lander design agent to deliver NASA-sponsored science and commercial payloads to the Moon’s far side under the CLPS program (CP-12 mission).

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipSep 28, 2023ispace - U.S. Announces new U.S. Headquarters, Unveils APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander, Provides Updates on Mission 3

Ursa Major will build a dedicated test stand for the Draper engine and plans to hotfire the engine within 12 months.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative PlanMay 24, 2023Ursa Major to Provide Hypersonics and Space Launch Capabilities for Air Force Research Laboratory

Under the Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics and will further develop its 200,000-pound-thrust Arroway engine for space launch.

Mentioned as: draperTechnical ProductMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Ursa Major plans to build a dedicated test stand for the Draper engine and to hotfire the engine within 12 months.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative PlanMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Draper is a member of the Blue Origin-led National Team developing the human lunar lander.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipMay 22, 2023Lockheed Martin on the Blue Origin team that has been selected to develop a human lunar lander

ispace’s U.S. subsidiary is developing a larger Series 2 lander for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission led by Draper scheduled for 2025.

Mentioned as: draperOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2023First ispace lunar lander feared lost
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