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NanoRacks

US
commercialFounded 2009
Webster, Texas, United States
nanoracks.com/
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Metaspectral and HySpeed Computing selected Nanoracks as the implementation partner to provide infrastructure and operations support using the Nanoracks External Platform (NREP) for payload hosting onboard the ISS.

Mentioned as: NanoracksTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022Metaspectral wins Canadian Space Agency funding + is developing an EO payload for the ISS with partner HySpeed Computing

Nanoracks delivered several payloads on SpaceX CRS-25 (SpX-25) in July 2022.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipAug 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

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

Mentioned as: nanoracksTechnical ProductJul 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative PlanJul 11, 2022Japanese startup to demo robotic arm onboard ISS in 2023

Amela Wilson is the CEO of Nanoracks.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipJul 6, 2022Garbage Out of ISS thanks to the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

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

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductJul 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralMay 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductMay 25, 2022Space logistics experts broadly endorse standards

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

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2022Experimental payload with robotic arm to attempt metal cutting on orbit

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

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative PlanMay 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.

Mentioned as: nanoracksTechnical ProductMay 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipApr 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipMar 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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipFeb 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.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2022NASA outlines cost savings from ISS transition

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.

Mentioned as: NanoracksTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2022Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition

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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipFeb 1, 2022Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition

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.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipFeb 1, 2022Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition
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