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NanoRacks

US
commercialFounded 2009
Webster, Texas, United States
nanoracks.com/
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GITAI is the world’s first private company to conduct a technical demonstration of a space robot in collaboration with Nanoracks.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2020GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

Nanoracks provides the launch opportunity to the ISS through their Space Act Agreement with NASA.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2020GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

Nanoracks is providing the launch opportunity and managing on-orbit operations for the GITAI robot demonstration.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2020GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

Nanoracks CEO Jeffrey Manber emphasized the purpose of the Bishop Airlock is to provide increased commercial access to the ISS and support complex, customizable projects.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2020GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

GITAI's S1 robot will operate autonomously with some teleoperations from Nanoracks’ in-house mission control.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2020GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

DIU issued a second award to Nanoracks for $389,900 in late 2019 for the Orbital Outpost project.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative FinancialJul 19, 2020Three companies studying “Orbital Outpost” space station concepts for Defense Department

The NG-12 Cygnus is carrying an oven developed by Nanoracks and Zero Gravity Kitchen to test baking foods in space, with the first use to bake cookies in partnership with hotel chain DoubleTree.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2019Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft on first CRS-2 mission

Nanoracks plans to conduct an on-orbit robotic cutting test of a material representative of an upper stage on 2019-10-22 using a self-contained hosted payload.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative PlanOct 23, 2019Nanoracks forges agreement with Maritime Launch, plans test of Outpost technology

Nanoracks announced the agreement with Maritime Launch Services on 2019-10-23 at the International Astronautical Congress.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019Nanoracks forges agreement with Maritime Launch, plans test of Outpost technology

Nanoracks is working under a 2018 NASA contract to study the commercial case for repurposing in-space hardware.

Mentioned as: NanoracksOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019Nanoracks forges agreement with Maritime Launch, plans test of Outpost technology

NovaWurks developed HISats for the NASA SIMPL mission and NanoRacks deployed SIMPL from the International Space Station in 2017.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2019Saturn Satellite Networks to acquire NovaWurks for cash, stock

NanoRacks plans to send the Bishop airlock to the space station in 2020 on SpaceX Commercial Resupply Service mission 21.

Mentioned as: nanoracksTechnical ProductAug 5, 2019Momentus to rely on NanoRacks airlock for Vigoride shuttle

Momentus plans a 2020 test launch of Vigoride by sending a satellite into orbit through NanoRacks’ Kaber Microsat Deployer on the space station.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductAug 5, 2019Momentus to rely on NanoRacks airlock for Vigoride shuttle

NanoRacks is developing the Bishop Airlock Module to offer space access for larger satellites seeking to fly off the space station.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductAug 5, 2019Momentus to rely on NanoRacks airlock for Vigoride shuttle

NanoRacks plans to send the Bishop Airlock Module to the International Space Station in 2020.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2019Momentus to rely on NanoRacks airlock for Vigoride shuttle

NanoRacks experienced disputes in 2009 over how a private company could operate on a taxpayer-funded platform, set its own prices, and retain revenue.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksNarrative GeneralJun 23, 2019NASA seeks proposals for commercial ISS modules

NanoRacks facilitated the sending of a science experiment from the Beijing Institute of Technology to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in 2017.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksTechnical ProductJun 13, 2019International experiments selected to fly on Chinese space Station

NanoRacks estimates $40,000,000 could build a 'T' docking node that would provide three or more additional docking locations on the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipMay 22, 2019Companies encourage NASA to press ahead with LEO commercialization efforts

Spire will launch four three-unit Lemur cubesats on a PSLV in March 2019 under a deal brokered by NanoRacks.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 19, 2018New contracts demonstrate continued strong demand for smallsat rideshare launch services

NanoRacks signed its first customer for rideshares on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 2018-12-19.

Mentioned as: NanoRacksOrg RelationshipDec 19, 2018New contracts demonstrate continued strong demand for smallsat rideshare launch services
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