SpaceX is building a NASA craft to intentionally destroy the International Space Station after retiring
27 Jun
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SpaceX is building a NASA craft to intentionally destroy the International Space Station after retiring

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NASA Space Technology A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024.Maxar Technologies | Via ReutersNASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX guide the International Space Station's destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the so-called "U.S. Deorbit Vehicle." The spacecraft will be designed to guide the football-field-sized research laboratory back into the Earth's atmosphere after retiring in 2030.The SpaceX-built vehicle will effectively destroy the ISS by pushing the station into reentry from orbit."It is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner," NASA said in a press release, with the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle needed to "ensure avoidance...
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NASA awards SpaceX contract for space station deorbit vehicle
27 Jun
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NASA awards SpaceX contract for space station deorbit vehicle

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NASA Space Technology The International Space Station as seen from a Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2021. Credit: NASAWASHINGTON — NASA selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will be used to perform the final phases of the deorbiting of the International Space Station around the end of the decade.NASA announced June 26 it awarded SpaceX a contract valued at up to $843 million to build the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV). That contract covers the development of the spacecraft, with NASA to conduct a later procurement for launching the USDV.The agency announced more than a year ago its intent to pursue development of the USDV. The spacecraft will dock with the ISS and perform the final series of maneuvers needed to make a controlled reentry of the station over a remote ocean region like the...
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Urban Sky wins NASA award to develop balloon-borne fire sensors
27 Jun
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Urban Sky wins NASA award to develop balloon-borne fire sensors

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NASA Space Technology Urban Sky says its Series A round will allow it to expand its commercial imaging services it provides from "microballoons" in the stratosphere. Credit: Urban SkyWASHINGTON — Urban Sky, a startup developing stratospheric balloons to take high-resolution imagery, has won a multimillion-dollar NASA grant to develop a wildfire monitoring system.The Denver-based company announced June 26 it received a contract from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office for a system that will use stratospheric balloons to detect and monitor wildfires and relay that information to firefighters on the ground. The three-year award is worth about $2.6 million.The project is an evolution of earlier work Urban Sky had done under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to develop a small thermal infrared sensor, which the company tested on its balloons, said Andrew Antonio, chief...
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