Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket venture has appointed seven government and industry veterans to its newly formed board of advisers that will counsel the firm's leadership team on space business matters.
Robert Lightfoot, vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin's space segment, has been appointed chairman of the Alabama Space Grant Consortium's Industrial Advisory Board, according to the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Lightfoot joined Lockheed in early May and oversees strategic planning efforts across space technology programs.
NASA has announced 43 new awards worth $5.4 million combined under the first phase of the space agency’s 2018 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The agency said Tuesday its Marshall Space Flight Center will manage the additional awards, which came two months after the initial selection of 348 SBIR and STTR proposals to develop technology platforms in areas […] More
NASA demonstrated a 170-foot welding platform for the Space Launch System at a ceremony held Friday at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Vertical Assembly Center is designed to weld large cryogenic tanks that would power the rocket’s four-engine core stage, which is being constructed by Boeing, NASA said Friday. “This rocket […] More