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Impulse Space and Relativity Space Announce First Commercial Mission to Mars

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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Terran R will deliver Impulses Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander on a trans-Mars injection (TMI) orbit launched from Earth to Mars.

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  • Terran R will deliver Impulses Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander on a trans-Mars injection (TMI) orbit launched from Earth to Mars.
  • Once in Mars orbit, the aeroshell-equipped Mars Lander will enter the red planet's atmosphere and propulsively land on Mars surface.
  • This is a major milestone for both Impulse and Relativity, as well as the entire space industry, says Impulse Space Founder and CEO Tom Mueller.
  • Founded in 2021, Impulse Space is a Space 2.0 pioneer providing agile, economical last-mile space payload delivery capabilities.

Advanced Space Announces CAPSTONE Separation To Start Solo Journey Mission to Moon for NASA

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Monday, July 4, 2022
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WESTMINSTER, Colo., July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Space LLC., a leading commercial space tech company pioneering the pathfinder mission, spacecraft separated from Rocket Lab's Photon upper stage today after its launch on June 28. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft has orbited Earth while raising its position to be thrusted beyond low-Earth orbit on a trajectory to the Moon.  

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  • Advanced Space and Terran Orbital teams will take over operations for CAPSTONE as the spacecraft bids farewell to its ride from Rocket Lab.CAPSTONEis owned and operated byAdvanced Space on behalf of NASA.
  • "Our Advanced Space team has been prepared and ready to manage and navigate the CAPSTONE mission for months," stated Thomas Gardner, Advanced Space director of engineering and the CAPSTONE program manager.
  • "Over eleven years ago, we started Advanced Space with a purpose to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space.
  • Advanced Space is dedicated to improving flight dynamics technology development and expedited turn-key missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.Learn more about what Advanced Space is creating; check out the CAPSTONE mission page.

CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA's Artemis Moon Missions

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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"We're thrilled with a successful start to the mission and looking forward to what CAPSTONE will do once it arrives at the Moon."

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  • "We're thrilled with a successful start to the mission and looking forward to what CAPSTONE will do once it arrives at the Moon."
  • CAPSTONE is currently in low-Earth orbit, and it will take the spacecraft about four months to reach its targeted lunar orbit.
  • CAPSTONE is attached to Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon, an interplanetary third stage that will send CAPSTONE on its way to deep space.
  • At the Moon, CAPSTONE will enter an elongated orbit called a near rectilinear halo orbit, or NRHO.

NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission

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Friday, June 24, 2022
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA announced Friday the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency's first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA announced Friday the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency's first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.
  • "NASA takes the cost and schedule commitments of its projects and programs very seriously," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
  • The mission's 2022 launch period, which ran from Aug. 1 through Oct. 11, would have allowed the spacecraft to arrive at the asteroid Psyche in 2026.
  • NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is managing the launch.

NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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CAPSTONE is targeted to launch no earlier than Monday, June 27, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company's Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.

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  • CAPSTONE is targeted to launch no earlier than Monday, June 27, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company's Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
  • Live coverage will begin at 5 a.m. on NASA Television, the agency's website , and the NASA app .
  • Six days after launch, the Photon upper stage will release CAPSTONE into space for the first portion of the spacecraft's solo flight.
  • NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology programwithin the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) funds the demonstration mission.

CONSENSUS 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: PlayDapp Makes 3 Major Announcements at the World’s Largest Blockchain Conference

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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At The recent Consensus 2022 Conference, The Blockchain Middleware Provider Announced The Launch Of A Metaverse Virtual World, A New Play-to-earn Baseball Game And An Update On PlayDapp - IPX Partnership

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  • At The recent Consensus 2022 Conference, The Blockchain Middleware Provider Announced The Launch Of A Metaverse Virtual World, A New Play-to-earn Baseball Game And An Update On PlayDapp - IPX Partnership
    After two years of running online, Consensus 2022, the worlds largest blockchain conference, finally took place in person last weekend in Austin, Texas, where the focus was non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
  • This collaboration represents a breakthrough in the development of blockchain technology and its potential applications.
  • We are thrilled to announce some of our major developments that will be a game-changer for blockchain.
  • As a leader in blockchain technology in Korea, we want to revolutionize how users experience the metaverse and blockchain as a whole, says Sang Chung, Head of Business at PlayDapp.

NASA Offers Earth Scientist Interviews Ahead of TROPICS Mission

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Friday, June 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and Astra Space are targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 12, for the first launch of NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats ( TROPICS ) mission.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and Astra Space are targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 12, for the first launch of NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats ( TROPICS ) mission.
  • NASA is offering limited virtual interview opportunities beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 10.
  • TROPICS has the potential to provide near-hourly observations of a storm's precipitation, temperature, and humidity.
  • The TROPICS team is led by Blackwell at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts, and includes researchers from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and several universities and commercial partners.

NASA to Inflate Heat Shield on Earth Before Spaceflight Demo

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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The event will take place beginning 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 15, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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  • The event will take place beginning 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 15, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
  • After hitching a ride to space aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, LOFTID will inflate and then descend back to Earth from low-Earth orbit to demonstrate how the inflatable heat shield can slow down a spacecraft to survive re-entry.
  • NASA is closely monitoring COVID-19 metrics and safety protocols are subject to change.
  • NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is managing the launch.

a.i. solutions® Named 2021 NASA Agency Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year

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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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solutions has been named the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the Agency's 2021 Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) program.

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  • solutions has been named the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the Agency's 2021 Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) program.
  • The other three Agency award categories are Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year, Small Business Subcontractor of the Year, and Mentor-Protg Agreement of the Year.
  • solutions, who had previously been a recipient of the award in 2018, as well as a recipient of the 2018 NASA KSC Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year, and in recent history, was the recipient of the 2014 NASA Agency Small Business Prime Contractor Award for its work at NASA KSC and the 2010 NASA Agency Small Business Prime Contractor Award for its work at Goddard Space Flight Center.
  • The SBIA program, managed by NASA's Office of Small Business Programs, recognizes outstanding contractors that support NASA in achieving its mission.

Launch Servicing and Turnstile Capital Management Achieve Record Growth Ahead of Move Into New Operations Center in Sioux Falls, SD

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Launch Servicing and Turnstile Capital Management (TCM), loan servicing and collections divisions of Goal Solutions , are expanding in new office space to accommodate recent and future business growth.

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  • SIOUX FALLS, S.D., March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Launch Servicing and Turnstile Capital Management (TCM), loan servicing and collections divisions of Goal Solutions , are expanding in new office space to accommodate recent and future business growth.
  • Throughout the last year, Goal Solutions experienced record-setting growth across all of its businesses.
  • In addition to Launch's growth, Goal has expanded its in-house collections and recovery business within its subsidiary Turnstile Capital Management (TCM).
  • "Launch and TCM are proud to bring new investments, jobs and opportunities to Sioux Falls and to significantly deepen our partnership with the city.