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Nanoracks
« on: 06/17/2013 03:40 pm »
This is the thread for Nanoracks news that is not necessarily related to ISS science stuff.

To begin:

http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/nanoracks-cargo-delivered-by-the-atv-funding-raised-for-ext-platform-.html

NanoRacks: Cargo delivered by the ATV + Funding raised for ext. platform



    NanoRacks, the Houston space-science startup located a stone’s throw away from NASA, announced today it has raised $2.6 million. Emerge, a Brussels-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups in telecom and e-commerce, is the lead investor to the tune of $1.5 million in the Series A round for NanoRacks. Chris Cummins, NanoRacks’ CFO, says the remainder of the investment is largely from individuals from Texas and California.

Analysis: This will provide the required capital for the Nanoracks External Platform to be delivered to ISS  in the next year or so. Also, I would not be surprised if some of the money were to be used to expand the company into asteroid/Moon/Mars exploration activities.

« Last Edit: 06/17/2013 03:41 pm by Danderman »

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #1 on: 06/17/2013 08:19 pm »
Analysis: This will provide the required capital for the Nanoracks External Platform to be delivered to ISS  in the next year or so. Also, I would not be surprised if some of the money were to be used to expand the company into asteroid/Moon/Mars exploration activities.

Congrats on closing the Series A round! It'll be good having something like the NanoRacks EP on station.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #2 on: 06/27/2013 06:05 pm »
http://www.planetaryresources.com/2013/06/planetary-resources-prepares-for-launch-of-the-arkyd-series-of-spacecraft/

Planetary Resources Prepares for Launch of the Arkyd Series of Spacecraft

Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, will advance its mission to mine resource-rich near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) by launching the first in its Arkyd Series of spacecraft – the A3 – into low-Earth orbit as early as April 2014.  The A3 is the Arkyd 100’s technology demonstrator, and the mission will provide for early testing and serve to validate the spacecraft’s core technology and software in the development of the program.

Planetary Resources is under contract with NanoRacks, through its Space Act Agreement with NASA, to release the A3 from the International Space Station’s Kibo airlock. “We are excited for the opportunity that this rapid launch option provides us to begin testing the avionics and control systems of the Arkyd Series spacecraft,” said Chris Lewicki, President and Chief Engineer, Planetary Resources, Inc.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #3 on: 07/03/2013 05:50 pm »
Analysis: This will provide the required capital for the Nanoracks External Platform to be delivered to ISS  in the next year or so. Also, I would not be surprised if some of the money were to be used to expand the company into asteroid/Moon/Mars exploration activities.

Care to speculate on the BEO exploration activities that would be conducted/offered?
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #4 on: 07/03/2013 06:06 pm »
Analysis: This will provide the required capital for the Nanoracks External Platform to be delivered to ISS  in the next year or so. Also, I would not be surprised if some of the money were to be used to expand the company into asteroid/Moon/Mars exploration activities.

Care to speculate on the BEO exploration activities that would be conducted/offered?

My speculation is just that. I would imagine that when crewed spacecraft are sent out there, their confined volumes would lend themselves to small experiments, such as those supported by Nanoracks.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #5 on: 07/07/2013 10:39 am »
My speculation is just that. I would imagine that when crewed spacecraft are sent out there, their confined volumes would lend themselves to small experiments, such as those supported by Nanoracks.

Awesome; can't wait to follow Nanoracks BEO! :)
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #6 on: 08/22/2013 06:09 pm »
NanoRacks' CEO Jeffrey Manber receiving the NASA 2012 Exceptional Public Achievement Medal this week in Houston.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #7 on: 09/09/2013 06:13 pm »

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #8 on: 09/13/2013 03:39 pm »
Nanoracks is looking for a controller:

http://spaceref.biz/careers/job.php?jid=12

Job Description

Opportunity for a Houston- based Senior Controller to handle the financial nuts and bolts of one of the most dynamic space companies in the industry today. Reporting directly to the CFO and CEO, you will be expected to handle the full range of responsibilities, from bank transactions to financial reports as a key member of a world-class, high energy team.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #9 on: 10/14/2013 03:03 pm »
http://celestialcircuits.com/

This company makes controller boards for CubeLabs. I guess they are in competition with the Ardulab people.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #10 on: 10/15/2013 02:34 pm »
The first Lithuanian-made satellite Lituanica SAT-1 departs for NASA space center in the US on October 17th.

The Baltic country’s first satellite is expected to blast off on December 8th.

The small satellite weighs only 1.3 kilograms and is stuffed with modern high-tech electronics.

The satellite project is being developed by the University of Vilnius and a public agency, Innovative Engineering Projects, in cooperation with Nanoracks, a private company from the USA.

The satellite is expected to stay in orbit for more than six months.


http://gbtimes.com/focus/science-technology/web-tv/gbtimes-daily-1510-lithuania

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #11 on: 10/15/2013 07:58 pm »
The first Lithuanian-made satellite Lituanica SAT-1 departs for NASA space center in the US on October 17th.
Here's web page for this nanosatellite: Lituanica SAT-1
Unfortunately, more detailed info is only in Lithuanian. They are probably too busy now to update English version...

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #12 on: 10/15/2013 08:05 pm »
The first Lithuanian-made satellite Lituanica SAT-1 departs for NASA space center in the US on October 17th.
Here's web page for this nanosatellite: Lituanica SAT-1
Unfortunately, more detailed info is only in Lithuanian. They are probably too busy now to update English version...

http://www.kosmonautai.lt/en/

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #13 on: 10/22/2013 02:04 pm »
Ha ha. It appears that Cygnus mission will in fact carry TWO Lithuanian "first" satellites. Second one (or first...) is called LitSat-1. Actually, this one is a bit more interesting, as it will carry prototype of piezoelectric motor based attitude control system. Unfortunately, no info in English. Here's one google-tranlated article:

Article on LitSat-1

edit: spelling
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #14 on: 10/22/2013 02:57 pm »
http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/44777/nasa-intends-to-launch-lithuanias-domestically-engineered-satellites-this-year-201344777/

According to www.lrt.lt and ‘Invest Lithuania’, the first two satellites developed by Lithuanian scientists will be launched into space this autumn.

The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will place the first of two satellites – the ‘LitSat-1’ created by a joint team from Kaunas Technology University (KTU) and the Space Sciences and Technology Institute in Vilnius – into orbit after final preparations.

“The satellite is now undergoing additional testing. We must ensure the satellite passes vibration tests because during the launch phase there can be excessive vibration. When all components are assembled, the satellite will be delivered to NASA,” stated Algis Karpavičius, a KTU student.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #15 on: 10/22/2013 02:58 pm »
Ha ha. I appears that Cygnus mission will in fact carry TWO Lithuanian "first" satellites. Second one (or first...) is called LitSat-1. Actually, this one is a bit more interesting, as it will carry prototype of piezoelectric motor based attitude control system. Unfortunately, no info in English. Here's one google-tranlated article:

Article on LitSat-1

Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch

http://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/26/two-lithuanian-cubesats/

It is hoped that two Lithuanian satellites will be among the CubeSats sent by Nanoracks LLC to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in November, 2013. They will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The Kaunas University of Technology is developing LituanicaSAT-1 while the Lithuanian Space Federation is working on LitSat-1.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #16 on: 10/25/2013 02:38 pm »


Litsat-1.


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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #17 on: 10/26/2013 03:01 pm »
DIY Space Programs
Citizen-science satellites allow anyone to run experiments in orbit


http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/diy-space-programs

For the past four years, a small company called NanoRacks has been flying science experiments into orbit on board the space shuttle and on ISS resupply missions. NASA and Japanese astronauts control the experiments, many of which have been designed by high school students. Over 20 000 U.S. students have been involved, raising the necessary funds (a 30-day mission starts at $30 000) from bake sales and car washes.

Last year, NanoRacks deployed its first satellite from an ISS air lock. “Today we have over 50 satellites under contract. We’re now designing our own cubesat dispenser to maximize how many satellites we can put out during a hatch opening,” says Jeffrey Manber, NanoRacks’ founder and managing director.

NanoRacks will handle the November launch of the aforementioned ArduSats as well as two other high-profile citizen-science satellites. Planetary Resources, a start-up hoping to prospect and mine near-earth asteroids, is planning space telescopes that armchair astronomers will use to take high-resolution photos of celestial objects for $200. Cheaper still is SkyCube, built by Southern Stars. This ultrabasic satellite will broadcast a 120-character tweet of your choice from orbit for just $1 or shoot a low-res image of Earth for $6.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #18 on: 11/01/2013 09:31 pm »
Florida To Invest $500,000 in NanoRacks

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/37954florida-to-invest-500000-in-nanoracks

By Irene Klotz | Nov. 1, 2013


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, will invest up to $500,000 in NanoRacks LLC, an in-space commercial services provider that next month will fly its first cubesat launcher to the international space station.
 
The $500,000 represents the final piece of a $3.1 million round of Series A investment in XO Markets, the holding company for Houston-based NanoRacks.
 
Previously, XO Markets raised $2.6 million from outside investors including Near Earth LLC, a Connecticut-based financial services firm that specializes in financing for satellite and space technologies.
 
Space Florida’s board of directors gave chief executive Frank DiBello a green light to proceed with negotiations for the $500,000 investment during its Oct. 30 meeting in Miami. The company was not identified by name during the meeting, but NanoRacks Managing Director Jeffrey Manber later confirmed the financing was for his firm.
 
DiBello told SpaceNews the direct investment in a company was not Space Florida’s first, nor its largest. Previous investments include $1 million to U.K.-based Cella Energy, a hydrogen storage developer, for a facility near the Kennedy Space Center. More typically, Space Florida makes loans that can be converted into equity at a later date.
 
“We’re a very flexible financing agency,” DiBello said. “We’re not venture capitalists, but we will help a company.”
 
Florida’s investment in NanoRacks will cover some of the costs of two pieces of hardware to be flown to the space station. The first is a small-satellite launcher that is slated to fly to the station in December aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus cargo ship.
 
The launcher will be operated from Japan’s Kibo module, which includes a small airlock, robotic arm and external platform. The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) already operates a cubesat launch service aboard the station, similar to what NanoRacks intends to provide on a commercial basis.
 
Cubesats are standardized, 10-centimeter sided cubes weighing about 1.2 kilograms. Designed by California Polytechnic State University and introduced in 1999, cubesats are relatively inexpensive miniature spacecraft that produce their own power and transit signals. Individual cubesats can be configured to fly together.
 
More than 30 cubesats are scheduled to be flown inside NanoRacks’ launcher and deployed from the station early next year, Manber said.
 
“This is really a historic new relationship between the private sector and the space agency. We saw the demand for increased small satellite deployment — and we didn’t ask NASA for money — and we designed and have now manufactured six cubesat deployers to supplement the Japanese dispensers,” Manber said.
 
NanoRacks’ second piece of space station equipment will be an external platform that will be used to mount sensors, materials and experiments outside the orbital outpost.
 
“We have very strong interest in that from the U.S. government and commercial organizations,” Manber said.
 
The platform is being built by Astrium North America, an offshoot of EADS, the Netherlands-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. It is slated to fly on Space Exploration Technologies’ fifth Dragon cargo run to the station, targeted for 2014.
 
The cubesat launcher cost about $700,000 and the external platform about $10 million, Manber said.
 
“We’re self-investing and we have millions of dollars at stake on space station utilization,” Manber said. “Florida shares our vision and we’re delighted if they would come in and be a partner.”
 
Space Florida’s investment will give it about a 3 percent ownership stake in NanoRacks’ parent company, Manber said.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #19 on: 11/02/2013 02:22 am »
Good news indeed for Nanoracks!

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #20 on: 11/05/2013 07:19 pm »
Spaceflight Joins with NanoRacks to Deploy Satellites from the International Space Station

http://spaceflightservices.com/spaceflight-joins-with-nanoracks-to-deploy-satellites-from-the-international-space-station/


November 4th, 2013 – Seattle, WA- Spaceflight Inc. (Spaceflight), a leading provider of launch services for small and secondary payloads, and NanoRacks LLC (NanoRacks), a leader in commercializing space operations on and deployment from the International Space Station, formally announce a partnership to provide commercial launch services from the International Space Station (ISS).

Commenting on the partnership, Curt Blake, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Spaceflight, said, “We are very excited to work with NanoRacks and leverage the unique capabilities of the International Space Station. The partnership is a great fit between two like-minded organizations that will help usher in a new chapter for low earth orbit satellite deployment.”

Under this partnership Spaceflight and NanoRacks are collaborating to provide customers routine commercial launch services from the ISS. Each customer spacecraft will be deployed from the ISS via the Japanese Experiment Module airlock utilizing NanoRacks’ Cubesat Deployers. NanoRacks operates via its Space Act Agreement with NASA.
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Commercial Solutions for Microgravity Experiments (in London)
« Reply #21 on: 11/07/2013 05:02 pm »
IISC Workshop: Commercial Solutions for Microgravity Experiments

http://www.isunet.edu/news-and-media-center-2/1279-iisc-workshop-commercial-solutions-for-microgravity-experiments

The International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC) in partnership with the International Space University (ISU) is inviting you to its next workshop on Wednesday 4th December 2013 taking place at the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society in London. The theme for this stakeholder workshop is “Commercial Solutions for Microgravity Experiments”. 

Panelists

The IISC has asked a number of those prominent, like amongst others Virgin Galactic in this new sector to participate in a workshop on this topic, in line with the IISC’s think-tank philosophy. Specialists in various fields will present their suggested solutions, which will be followed by a panel discussion comparing the different approaches.

XCOR Aerospace’s Director of Payload Sales & Operations, Ms Khaki Rodway will discuss the Lynx suborbital vehicle capabilities and its research and education missions.    "This is an exciting time to be thinking about space experiments, and I am truly looking forward to attending the IISC Workshop to discuss how commercial suborbital spaceflight will give microgravity researchers low cost and more frequent access to space."

Jeffrey Manber, managing director of NanoRacks will highlight his company’s commercial biopharma program now on International Space Station which has attracted customers from industry and academia.

Jose Maria Lopez-Urdiales of Zero2Infinity, an alumnus of ISU, will present an alternative approach using hi-altitude balloons accommodating automated microgravity experiments:  "In microgravity experimentation, it's time to change paradigms and embrace commercial solutions that can be cost-effective, capable and nimble."
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #22 on: 11/10/2013 04:47 pm »
So from http://www.klofas.com/papers/klofas_amsat2013.pdf the 28+ Flock-1 cubesats, all from one single company, will utilize deployers from Nanoracks. How will they be put on the Antares upper stage and released?
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #23 on: 11/10/2013 06:05 pm »
So from http://www.klofas.com/papers/klofas_amsat2013.pdf the 28+ Flock-1 cubesats, all from one single company, will utilize deployers from Nanoracks. How will they be put on the Antares upper stage and released?

Apparently they will be deployed from the ISS, not from the upper stage. But to be sure, i have sent an inquiry to Nanoracks.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #24 on: 11/11/2013 07:02 pm »
Yes, the Flock-1 nanosats will be deployed from ISS via the Kibo airlock using the JEMRMS.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #25 on: 11/12/2013 01:55 pm »
From NanoRacks facebook:
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A lineup of satellites have been installed in the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer, and are ready for their trip to the International Space Station!

According to one poster:
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The satellites are (from left to right): LithuanicaSat, LitSat, SkyCube, ArduSat-2, and UAPSat.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #26 on: 11/13/2013 03:03 am »
Go Nanoracks!

Is there a thread or a resource anywhere with details on how satellites can be safely popped out of Kibo, presumably bound for many different orbits, without getting in the way of Station or each other? Forum search + about five minutes on Google were fruitless.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #27 on: 11/13/2013 04:00 am »
Go Nanoracks!

Is there a thread or a resource anywhere with details on how satellites can be safely popped out of Kibo, presumably bound for many different orbits, without getting in the way of Station or each other? Forum search + about five minutes on Google were fruitless.

Since this is a new deployer, I don't think you will find much on it. If you are interested in the earlier deployer, there is probably info at the nanoracks.com site.


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« Reply #28 on: 11/13/2013 04:06 am »
Is there a thread or a resource anywhere with details on how satellites can be safely popped out of Kibo, presumably bound for many different orbits, without getting in the way of Station or each other? Forum search + about five minutes on Google were fruitless.

I'm not sure how much public information there is, but it is definitely carefully considered.

Unless the nanosatellites have propulsion (and I'm not aware of any to be deployed from the ISS that do, partly for crew safety reasons), they will all be deployed into orbits very similar to that of the ISS.  The deployer provides a small delta V, of order 1 m/s IIRC.  However, the direction of deployment and the position of the JEMRMS are carefully chosen to ensure an initial trajectory away from the station, and due to the square-cube law the nanosats always have a much smaller ballistic coefficient than the ISS (this is also an explicit requirement for Nanoracks cubesat payloads, so you can't launch a brick of lead).  The smaller BC leads to a fairly rapid departure from Station's orbit as apogee and perigee both decrease, ensuring no possibility of recontact.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #29 on: 11/13/2013 04:29 am »
Square/cube law means the smaller thing has less mass per surface area, so less inertia to power through the amount of atmo it'll run into? So Kibo-bound cubesats are destined for a lower (and presumably not terribly long-lived) orbit than Station? (Which resolves the issue of potentially running back into them during a Progress-reboost?) And if falling to a lower orbit, therefore deployed retrograde?

If yes to all then yay. If not then hopefully on-topic enough for some correction.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #30 on: 11/13/2013 05:05 am »
You got it.  The deployment impulse might or might not be directly retrograde since there are other directions which could potentially give a more desirable trajectory with respect to the station structure during the first minutes after release.  Otherwise, spot on.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #31 on: 11/13/2013 07:04 am »
If I understand this correctly, satellites will be deployed from right end (see the picture above). Thing on the left looks like loaded spring.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #32 on: 11/13/2013 11:08 am »
Square/cube law means the smaller thing has less mass per surface area, so less inertia to power through the amount of atmo it'll run into? So Kibo-bound cubesats are destined for a lower (and presumably not terribly long-lived) orbit than Station? (Which resolves the issue of potentially running back into them during a Progress-reboost?) And if falling to a lower orbit, therefore deployed retrograde?
Per response I got from LituanicaSAT team, cubesats are deployed 45o down (from ISS orbit) retrograde.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #33 on: 11/20/2013 03:17 am »
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Right-This-Way-to-the-Space-Station-232395141.html

Right This Way to the Space Station
A new company makes it easier to get your experiments to orbit.

"NanoRacks, which Manber established in 2009, provides a pioneering service for anyone who wants to place an experiment in space. The company is named for the platforms—racks—it built to house small science experiments on the space station. Now permanently installed in Japan’s Kibo module, two NanoRacks have a total of 32 locker spaces for small, cube-shaped laboratories—NanoLabs, the company calls them—that plug into the station’s power supply and data ports. But a NanoRacks customer gets more than a box for an experiment. The company offers advice about available equipment and instruction in how to use it—initially, with tutorials like “How to Build a NanoRacks Payload,” which can be downloaded from the company website. NanoRacks staff also perform the safety review required for station occupancy, get the box assigned to a launch manifest, fill out the thousands of pages of paperwork, provide support and data collection while the experiment is on the station, and, if required, make sure it’s returned to Earth."


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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #34 on: 11/21/2013 09:17 pm »
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The satellites are (from left to right): LithuanicaSat, LitSat, SkyCube, ArduSat-2, and UAPSat.
Is there a timeline for this deployment?

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« Reply #35 on: 11/21/2013 09:25 pm »
There isn't a date set yet.  It will probably be between January and March 2014.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #36 on: 11/29/2013 04:16 pm »


Just released, but recorded a few months back.

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« Reply #37 on: 12/27/2013 06:49 pm »
A Microfluidic, High Throughput Protein Crystal Growth Method for Microgravity

http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC3836816/

I am not going to try to quote any part of this article, but it is a great description of the work Nanoracks did to generate protein crystals aboard a commercial facility at the International Space Station.

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« Reply #38 on: 01/24/2014 02:54 pm »
Emerald Bio Announces New Partnership to Study Therapeutic Targets in Space

http://www.embios.com/news/bid/366529/Emerald-Bio-Announces-New-Partnership-to-Study-Therapeutic-Targets-in-Space

VEDFORD, Mass. – Jan. 8, 2014 –Emerald Bio, world class protein science researchers and drug discovery experts integrating structure-guided drug discovery and target knowledge to transform the treatment of disease, announced today a partnership with industry, academic and nonprofit organizations to explore the effects of microgravity on crystallization of two challenging therapeutic targets implicated in cancer and cardiovascular disease. The company is collaborating with the Broad Institute, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), NanoRacks and Protein BioSolutions.

Protein growth studies in microgravity, or space, allow life scientists to determine the structures of specific therapeutic targets, in turn enabling future drug discovery and insight into treating disease. Proteins grown in microgravity may produce larger, better-organized crystals. According to NASA, protein crystal growth experiments have flown on past space shuttle missions since 1985.

 

“The Broad Institute aspires to transform the process of drug discovery and the treatment of human disease by developing and applying novel drug discovery technologies to vital medical problems,” said Brian Hubbard, director of the Therapeutics Projects Group within the Broad‘s Center for the Science of Therapeutics. “This unique collaboration with Emerald Bio, as well as with CASIS, NanoRacks and Protein BioSolutions, will provide us with the needed protein structures and drug discovery insights to enable our teams to evaluate the three-dimensional crystal structures of two important therapeutic targets.”

During the study, Emerald Bio and its partners will test their hypothesis that microgravity will provide an improved environment for crystal growth of Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a key gene that drives elevated levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, and myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein 1 (MCL1), one of the most commonly altered genes in cancer.

 
“As Emerald Bio seeks to transform the treatment of disease through our structure-guided drug discovery solutions and our comprehensive target knowledge, we are excited to collaborate with the Broad Institute, CASIS, NanoRacks and Protein BioSolutions on this new study,” said Johan Pontin, CEO of Emerald Bio. “Given that proteins are at the heart of all disease, microgravity may prove to be integral to developing novel treatments for disorders. This information may help to advance our target-centric drug discovery efforts as our teams further integrate biophysics and comprehensive target knowledge to alter the treatment of disease.”

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« Reply #40 on: 02/28/2014 10:25 pm »
Congrats to the NanoRacks team for successfully completing those deployments today!

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« Reply #41 on: 02/28/2014 10:39 pm »
And there go the Lithuanian satellites.


http://www.nasa.gov/content/nanoracks-cubesats-are-deployed-3/#.UxEeTc44Ouk

NanoRacks CubeSats are Deployed
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« Reply #42 on: 02/28/2014 10:44 pm »
Tackling tumors with space station research

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/nsc-ttw022814.php

In space, things don't always behave the way we expect them to. In the case of cancer, researchers have found that this is a good thing: some tumors seem to be much less aggressive in the microgravity environment of space compared to their behavior on Earth. This observation, reported in research published in February by the FASEB Journal, could help scientists understand the mechanism involved and develop drugs targeting tumors that don't respond to current treatments. This work is the latest in a large body of evidence on how space exploration benefits those of us on Earth.

Research in the weightlessness of space offers unique insight into genetic and cellular processes that simply can't be duplicated on Earth, even in simulated microgravity. "Microgravity can be approximated on Earth, but we know from the literature that simulated microgravity isn't the same as the real thing," says Daniela Gabriele Grimm, M.D., a researcher with the Department of Biomedicine, Pharmacology at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, and an author of the FASEB paper.

True weightlessness affects human cells in a number of ways. For one thing, cells grown in space arrange themselves into three-dimensional groupings, or aggregates, that more closely resemble what happens in the body. "Without gravitational pull, cells form three-dimensional aggregates, or spheroids," Grimm explains. "Spheroids from cancer cells share many similarities with metastases, the cancer cells which spread throughout the body." Determining the molecular mechanisms behind spheroid formation might therefore improve our understanding of how cancer spreads.

The FASEB paper resulted from an investigation in the Science in Microgravity Box (SIMBOX) facility aboard Shenzhou-8, launched in 2011. Cells grown in space and in simulated microgravity on the ground were analyzed for changes in gene expression and secretion profiles, with the results suggesting decreased expression of genes that indicate high malignancy in cancer cells.

The work was funded by a grant from the German Space Life Sciences program, managed by the German space agency, DLR, in collaboration with Chinese partners.

Grimm and her colleagues are following up with additional research, a Nanoracks Cellbox investigation called "Effect of microgravity on human thyroid carcinoma cells," scheduled to launch in March on SpaceX's third commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Another follow-up investigation, "Spheroids," is planned in 2015. The overall goal is to find as many genes and proteins as possible that are affected by microgravity and to identify the cellular activities they influence. Researchers can then use this information to develop new strategies for cancer research.
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« Reply #43 on: 03/03/2014 11:40 pm »
NanoRacks’ Hardware Successfully Deploys Historic Set of Satellites from the International Space Station

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11633858.htm

 NanoRacks LLC announces the successful completion of an ambitious launch program for small satellites and in so doing has broken the record of the most CubeSats deployed in a single mission to the International Space Station.

NanoRacks, working with NASA, the Japanese space agency JAXA and their astronauts, has successfully deployed from the KIBO module on space station the constellation of the California-based Planet Labs, whose 28 satellites are the largest ever CubeSat constellation. Also deployed were CubeSats for new space-faring nations, the UAPSat-1 from Peru, LitSat-1, and LituanicaSat-1 from Lithuania, along with commercial ventures, the ArduSat-2 from NanoSatisfi and SkyCube from Southern Stars.

The ground-breaking deployment for NanoRacks CubeSat Mission 3 (NR M3) of a total of 33 satellites has opened a new chapter in the utilization of the International Space Station and demonstrates the station as key to the new revolution in small satellites. NR-M3 was transported on Orbital Sciences Mission 1 to the US National Lab segment of the ISS and staged from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).

The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployment System was commercially developed from concept to launch in under ten months. NanoRacks rapid space-access service will again deliver CubeSats to the ISS scheduled on Orbital Sciences Mission 2 in May 2014.

“We could not be more excited ” comments NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber.. “The taxpayer did not foot the bill for our hardware, nor for our services, nor for the small satellites. This is true commercial/government partnership in action.”

Chief Technology Officer Mike Johnson expressed thanks to JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who worked, even on his time off, to finish the mission. And so too the ground support from JAXA and NASA, as well as Spaceflight Services, our marketing partner. “The space station is an ideal launch pad for a new era of low-cost research and utilization missions. This is good for everyone.”

ABOUT NANORACKS:

NanoRacks LLC was formed in 2009 to provide commercial hardware and services for the U.S. National Laboratory onboard the International Space Station. The Company is unique in owning and marketing its own family of hardware, both inside and external to the space station and operates via a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s U.S. National Lab. To date over 150 payloads have been deployed on space station and the current signed customer pipeline of over 50 payloads including domestic and international educational institutions, research organizations and government organizations, has propelled NanoRacks into a leadership position in servicing the emerging commercial market for low-earth orbit utilization and beyond.

For additional information about NanoRacks, visit their website at http://www.nanoracks.com.

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« Reply #45 on: 10/22/2014 02:33 pm »
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pentons-aviation-week-announces-finalists-of-58th-annual-laureate-awards-honoring-outstanding-achievements-in-aviation-aerospace--defense-154165408.html

Penton's Aviation Week Announces Finalists of 58th Annual Laureate Awards, Honoring Outstanding Achievements in Aviation, Aerospace & Defense

Space

    European Space Agency, for the Rosetta mission to rendezvous with and enter orbit around a comet for the first time.
    European Union, for launch of the first dedicated satellite for the Copernicus Earth observation and environmental monitoring mission.
    Indian Space Research Organization, for reaching Mars on its first attempt with the Mars Orbiter Mission, at a fraction of the cost of previous missions.
    NanoRacks CEO Jeff Manber, for turning a commercial toehold on the International Space Station into a growing business.

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« Reply #46 on: 04/11/2015 05:48 pm »
http://www.sst-us.com/news-and-events/2015-news/pr_2015_04_feathercraft_aerojetnanoracks

Surrey Satellite US Joins Aerojet Rocketdyne and NanoRacks for FeatherCraft Development

Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) today announced its collaboration with Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. and NanoRacks LLC on the development of the FeatherCraft platform, a 100-kilogram-class satellite platform optimized for deployment from the International Space Station (ISS).
 
The 100-kilogram, SST-US-designed FeatherCraft platform is intended to exploit the full capabilities of the ISS cargo resupply vessels and the NanoRacks Kaber deployment system aboard the ISS. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s electronic propulsion system permits handling of FeatherCraft as the ISS astronauts position it on the Kaber deployer for deployment into orbit. With a mission lifetime of five years, FeatherCraft will provide a low-risk, cost-effective satellite platform that can accommodate payloads with requirements of up to 45 kilograms and 50 watts.
 
The development of FeatherCraft leverages the significant experience of the team members: Surrey Satellite’s extensive heritage of small satellite design, development, and operation spanning over 30 years through the manufacture and deployment of 43 satellite programs; Aerojet Rocketdyne’s proven track record in the design, development, and manufacture of state-of-the-art propulsion and structural subsystems; and NanoRacks’ unique experience in the planning, logistics, and operations of launch services from the International Space Station.
 

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« Reply #47 on: 09/27/2016 02:22 pm »
http://nanoracks.com/larger-cubesat-standard-for-iss-deployment/
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NanoRacks Announces 6U and 12U CubeSats for ISS Deployment

Guadalajara, MX, September 27, 2016–NanoRacks is pleased to announce that starting early 2017, customers will be able to utilize the International Space Station a new CubeSat deployer that accommodates additional industry standards. This announcement comes after a successful deployment cycle of eight Planet Labs Doves (2e’) CubeSats two weeks ago from the Space Station.

NanoRacks will utilize a 12U CubeSat standard offering maximum utilization of the Company’s commercial ISS deployment opportunities. The deployer will house two 6U CubeSats in the 2x3U Planetary Systems Corporation (PSC) form factor, or one 12U CubeSat in the never before offered 2x6U form factor.

Both the 6U and 12U are open for business. The 12U configuration is first planned for launch in early 2017.

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Flying Through Our First 7 Years

April 5, 2017 //

(Photo: NanoRacks Houston Team 2017)

Our first 7 years have flown by at NanoRacks. Today, we celebrate the seventh anniversary of our first platform ever flown to the International Space Station- the NanoRacks Frame-1 launched on STS-131.

What started as a technology company operating from a friend’s Houston garage has manifested into one of the world’s leading provider of commercial access to space. We at NanoRacks are proud to continue building on our same mission from day one: democratizing access to space.

Our journey began with our first two research platforms- NanoRacks Frame 1 and 2, and the customers quickly followed. We then added MixStix for basic research, and then grew to launch our Plate Reader and Centrifuge for advanced science applications. We then built the NanoRacks External Platform – the first-ever commercial gateway to the extreme space environment.

Next came our biggest market success, which leverages one of the original intents of the International Space Station: Satellite deployment. Today, we operate as the leading provider for CubeSat deployment from the International Space Station having deployed over 150 CubeSats to date. This is a major accomplishment for the whole team at NanoRacks as our satellite program has shown a vital role for space stations in a maturing market. We are proud of our role in facilitating the growth and development of at least four startup companies, including Planet Labs, Spire, NanoAvionics, and GomSpace- all who started with their first CubeSats via NanoRacks. And now there is a core business of organizations seeking to utilize the unique advantages of a space station deployment. Whether “Stash and Deploy” – where the customer picks the time of deployment for satellite stored on station, to launching complex satellites in the gentle environment of station cargo ships, or for the development of a greater sophistication in on-orbit manufacturing

As always, the NanoRack’s hardware has been funded by our investors, with no funding from the U.S. Government. What’s more, we have uniquely worked ways to “pay-back” NASA for use of on-station resources, thereby pushing public –private partnerships to commercial levels previously unseen in the space station community.

Today, we not only celebrate our past, but also our future. We are investing the future of commercial space exploration. We’re partnering across the industry – from payload integration with our friends at Blue Origin to building the NanoRacks Airlock Module with Boeing Aerospace, we’re paving the way for U.S. industry leadership to the stars and back.

We look forward to developing our Ixion concept throughout 2017 with our partners at Space Systems Loral using the Atlas V launch vehicle Ixion utilizes an original NASA idea from Wernher von Braun – reuse, and repurpose, the upper stages of launch vehicles. We’re maximizing each part of the launch vehicle and changing the way we think about hardware in space: there’s no need to burn everything after one use.

We’re also investing in technology to increase efficiency and decrease dependence on launch- from the “Stash and Deploy” concept to on-orbit manufacturing from commercial platforms, we’re making sure NanoRacks is at the front lines for all of our customers’ in-space needs.

It hasn’t been easy. Our decision to launch new companies, such as our educational sister company “DreamUp,” perplexes those looking for a one-shot effort. However, DreamUp is already the number one in-space education company. It is our goal to build a family of companies that meet the in-space needs of our growing customer base, whether in low-earth orbit, cis-lunar or on to Mars. With customers from more than 25 nations, ranging from high schools to space agencies, from corporations to universities, we are doing something right!

My personal goal is to have us involved with numerous commercial platforms and space stations, with crew and without, in differing orbits and locations, in the nearest future. Wouldn’t that be cool?

No one can be sure what exactly the next seven years will hold, but they can be sure that NanoRacks will be there opening the doors to space each and every day.

Thank you to all of our customers who have made running our business possible, and our friends at NASA who continue to allow us to leverage existing government hardware and services to help grow a new commercial market place.

We’ll see you in orbit—

Jeffrey Manber
CEO, NanoRacks

http://nanoracks.com/flying-through-our-first-7-years/

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« Reply #49 on: 06/12/2017 12:39 pm »
http://nanoracks.com/nextstep-contract-for-commercial-habitat-concept/
New Chapter Opens for Commercial Space: NanoRacks and NASA Sign NextSTEP Contract for Commercial Habitat Concept Study

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« Reply #50 on: 08/24/2017 05:40 am »
http://nanoracks.com/over-30-payloads-to-iss/

NanoRacks Brings Over 30 Payloads to ISS, Including Landmark Kaber Satellite and First-Ever Boy Scouts of America Experiment

Houston, TX – August 16, 2017 – SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday after their twelfth commercial resupply (CRS) mission launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CRS-12 Dragon carried 32 of NanoRacks’ customer payloads to the ISS.

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« Reply #52 on: 11/17/2017 09:08 pm »
Mods: not sure if this should have a better home, but:

I spent this morning at NanoRacks HQ in Houston, and their airlock is confirmed to be manifested on SpaceX CRS-19. Saw the FPIP graphic and all.

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« Reply #53 on: 04/05/2018 02:46 am »
NanoRacks Brings Groundbreaking Satellite, Biological Research to International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-14

Cape  Canaveral, Florida – April 4, 2018 –  NanoRacks, the leading provider for commercial access to low-Earth orbit, has brought yet another unique payload mission to the International Space Station. Carrying a professional protein crystal experiment, college-level biological research, and a debris capturing microsatellite (MicroSat), this mission continues to push the boundaries of commercial opportunities on the International Space Station.

The SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon was successfully installed on the Harmony Module of the International Space Station at 9:00 EDT this morning.
 
NanoRacks third flagship MicroSat mission is the RemoveDebris satellite from The University of Surrey/Surrey Space Centre. The RemoveDebris satellite is planned to be deployed from the NanoRacks Kaber Deployer (Kaber). NanoRacks created the Kaber system to accommodate the increasing customer demand for commercial opportunities to deploy MicroSats from the Space Station. Kaber offers deployments for satellites up to 100 kilograms.
 
RemoveDebris is a low-cost mission funded jointly by the European Commission (EU) and 10 partners. Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey) leads the consortium. The consortium consists of: Airbus, Ariane Group (France); Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (United Kingdom), Innovative Solutions In Space (Netherlands); CSEM (Switzerland); Inria (France); Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
 
Once deployed, RemoveDebris will deploy two CubeSats as artificial debris targets to demonstrate some of the technologies being discussed for orbital debris removal. These technologies include: net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, and “dragsail de-orbitation.”
 
The United Kingdom Science Minister, Sam Gyimah, said in a recent University of Surrey press release: “Space debris is a growing concern so it’s great to see a British university and our innovative space sector leading the way in the search for solutions. It is also a fantastic example of the unique expertise found in the UK’s growing space sector and the value that it adds to international projects.”
 
Additionally on this mission is the Real Time Protein Crystal Growth (Ream Time PCG) experiment which seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of conducting protein crystal growth experiment in live time on the Space Station. The astronaut crew is scheduled to add solution to the hardware, observe the crystals that form, and then adjust as necessary for follow on experiments. This approach gives scientists the ability to optimize crystal growth in microgravity instead of losing time on sample return to the Earth and re-launch.
 
Real Time PCG, a project led by Barrios Technology, features NanoRacks as the implementer, and it will utilize the NanoRacks Microscope on orbit.
 
Lastly, the Calumet College of St. Joseph will be running an experiment studying the proteins behind Alzheimer’s disease. The experiment will examine fibril formation and beta amyloid peptides using a fluorescence spectrometer. The beta amyloid peptides are behind the breakdown of brain cells, effecting how quickly Alzheimer’s disease advances. This experiment is the second of two projects selected through the Center of Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) National Design Challenge.
 
“These are two significant research experiments,” says NanoRacks Senior Internal Payloads Manager, Mary Murphy. “To run these projects, we’re utilizing our Frame 2B, as well as our microscope. These are pieces of hardware that mimic how scientists conduct research on the ground, making it as simple as one can make it to conduct similar research in microgravity. We look forward to seeing the results of both the protein crystals and the Alzheimer’s proteins.”





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« Reply #54 on: 04/17/2018 02:50 pm »
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NanoRacks Commercial Space Station Airlock “Bishop” Completes Critical Design Review, Moves to Fabrication

April 17, 2018 – Colorado Springs, Colorado – The NanoRacks Space Station Airlock Module “Bishop” met another major milestone with completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) on March 20 and 21, 2018 in Houston, Texas.  This milestone begins the transition from the engineering design phase to the fabrication phase.  Detailed design drawings such as those for the critical pressure shell will be signed and released to NanoRacks fabrication partner, Thales Alenia Space, in order for them to continue their fabrication efforts.

In February 2018, NanoRacks announced that Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was chosen as the latest partner in its commercial airlock program, joining with a number of key partners, including Boeing.

Thales Alenia Space is set to produce and test the critical pressure shell for the NanoRacks Airlock Module and will also manufacture various secondary structures, including the Micrometeoroid Orbital Debris (MMOD) shields with Multi-Layer Isolation (MLI) panels, the power and video grapple fixture support structure and other structural components.

Other key features, such as the Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM), being manufactured by Boeing, require a long lead time and have been in production for over a year now. The PCBM will be delivered to Thales Alenia Space in May 2018 and will then be installed to the pressure shell.

“I’m very proud of the NanoRacks engineering team and our partner, ATA Engineering, who performs the structural and thermal analysis for Bishop,” says Airlock Project Manager Brock Howe. “This is a crucial milestone that required many long hours, and the team has been working together very smoothly. We’re also very appreciative of our relationship with NASA and the International Space Station Program Office, as they have provided guidance and expertise in several critical areas. As always, there is plenty of work still to do – and we will continue to push forward.”

The next major milestone is the Phase II Safety Review scheduled for June 2018.  The project is still on track to meet the SpaceX CRS-19 launch, targeting fourth quarter 2019.

Download the press release pdf.

For additional media inquiries, please email Abby Dickes at [email protected].

For continued updates, be sure to follow @NanoRacks on Twitter.

http://nanoracks.com/airlock-bishop-completes-critical-design-review/

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http://nanoracks.com/airlock-bishop-completes-critical-design-review/

The Bishop Airlock is being discussed in the ISS section: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36955.0
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« Reply #59 on: 02/15/2019 06:52 pm »
NanoRacks Brings Groundbreaking Satellite, Biological Research to International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-14

Cape  Canaveral, Florida – April 4, 2018 –  NanoRacks, the leading provider for commercial access to low-Earth orbit, has brought yet another unique payload mission to the International Space Station. Carrying a professional protein crystal experiment, college-level biological research, and a debris capturing microsatellite (MicroSat), this mission continues to push the boundaries of commercial opportunities on the International Space Station.

The SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon was successfully installed on the Harmony Module of the International Space Station at 9:00 EDT this morning.
 
NanoRacks third flagship MicroSat mission is the RemoveDebris satellite from The University of Surrey/Surrey Space Centre. The RemoveDebris satellite is planned to be deployed from the NanoRacks Kaber Deployer (Kaber). NanoRacks created the Kaber system to accommodate the increasing customer demand for commercial opportunities to deploy MicroSats from the Space Station. Kaber offers deployments for satellites up to 100 kilograms.
 
RemoveDebris is a low-cost mission funded jointly by the European Commission (EU) and 10 partners. Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey) leads the consortium. The consortium consists of: Airbus, Ariane Group (France); Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (United Kingdom), Innovative Solutions In Space (Netherlands); CSEM (Switzerland); Inria (France); Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
 
Once deployed, RemoveDebris will deploy two CubeSats as artificial debris targets to demonstrate some of the technologies being discussed for orbital debris removal. These technologies include: net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, and “dragsail de-orbitation.”
 

Simulated Space Debris Snagged by Harpoon


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The RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft successfully captured simulated debris with a harpoon.



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« Reply #60 on: 02/21/2019 10:14 pm »
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We have a #BishopAirlock update! Working very closely with @NASA and @BoeingSpace, #BishopAirlock is targeting launch to @Space_Station on @SpaceX CRS-21 next year! Manufacturing is near completion, and seal leak checks are complete at the @Thales_Alenia_S facility in Italy.

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« Reply #61 on: 02/24/2019 04:53 am »
Photos from Nanoracks of the Bishop module.

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« Reply #62 on: 03/16/2019 11:55 am »
There are some tweets by NanoRacks regarding their airlock in the last days.
This is the first one.
https://twitter.com/NanoRacks/status/1106530510111760384
The others we can find on the NanoRacks twitter account.


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« Reply #65 on: 03/20/2019 01:18 pm »
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The Bishop Airlock is being discussed in the ISS section: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36955.0

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« Reply #66 on: 05/21/2019 06:42 pm »
The Nanoracks Bishop airlock was shipped for flight on SpaceX-21.

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« Reply #68 on: 07/26/2019 03:31 am »
Nanoracks posted their LEO commercialization study results today http://nanoracks.com/wp-content/uploads/NanoRacks-LEOCOM-Study-RELEASE.pdf

A tad light on technical detail, but there is some new stuff (most interesting IMO being a human EVA-sized Bishop derivative)

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« Reply #69 on: 10/22/2019 03:53 pm »
Nanoracks Announces In-Space Outpost Demonstration

October 22, 2019

Friends,

What a few months it has been! I know it has been some time since we’ve posted an update on our Outpost program and NASA NextSTEP-2 effort, but that’s because we’ve been working on something really unique.

We have been working very hard with NASA to demonstrate how Nanoracks can make unique contributions to supporting the agency’s efforts going forward to Moon, Mars, and deep space. NASA has turned to industry to put these exploration efforts into high gear. So, we at Nanoracks had to turn things up a notch.

Today, I’m really excited to share what these discussions have culminated to: Our very first in-space Outpost demonstration mission!

Nanoracks will be building a self-contained hosted payload platform that will demonstrate the robotic cutting of second stage representative tank material on-orbit. Never before has structural metal cutting been done in-space.

As a member of the Outpost program team, Maxar will develop a new articulating robotic arm with a friction milling end-effector for this mission. This friction milling will use high rotations per minute melting our metal material in such a way that a cut is made, yet we anticipate avoiding generating a single piece of orbital debris.

The mission is targeting a Q4 2020 dedicated rideshare mission, will fly on an ESPA ring, and will activate after the deployment of all other secondary payloads is complete.

As our mission commences, we will have 30 minutes to one hour to complete the cutting of three metal pieces that are representative of various vehicle upper stages, including the Centaur 3. Nanoracks plans to downlink photos and videos of the friction milling and cutting.

Now, for more exciting news – there’s a chance for you to participate in this mission!

Nanoracks will be making available 3U of hosted payload space (no deployables) on this mission. Specifically, we are looking for bioscience and biomedical research that can directly contribute to our understanding of the harsh environment of space on long-duration journeys. We’ll share an official call for proposals in the coming weeks!

Our team is always staying creative at Nanoracks, and we are still continuing to explore additional ways to get the most out of our first in-space demonstration mission.

At long last, Nanoracks is laying the groundwork for converting upper stages in orbit. This technology could prove so important as both industry and NASA look to find the most cost-effective vehicles and programs that will bring humans to the Moon, and soon to Mars. This mission is just step one of many for Nanoracks, and we are grateful to NASA for providing us with this outstanding opportunity.

Starting with our Q4 2020 mission, and many to follow, we plan to do some very interesting tests on upper stages in orbit – some of those plans I hope to share with you soon!

I am also personally excited about this mission as Nanoracks is showing how commercial access to the International Space Station has truly paved the way for future commercial platforms in orbit. We started our business on station, and now we are growing from our roots.

If you are attending IAC 2019 in Washington, DC, please be sure to visit the Nanoracks booth (#207) to learn more about our Outpost program, and everything else we’ve got going on in orbit today.

Stay tuned, because we’re just getting started.

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« Reply #70 on: 10/22/2019 04:19 pm »
That sounds like an awesome mission and a big step forward for in space construction! One might say it's cutting edge technology  8)

I hadn't heard of friction mill before, but did recently learn about friction drilling and it produces gorgeous results like this video below.

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« Reply #71 on: 10/23/2019 05:25 pm »
They're also going to be doing... something on orbit with a Cyclone 4M upper stage. Debut launch of that isn't planned until 2021 though, so it can't be this mission https://www.maritimelaunch.com/news/2019-10-23/nanoracks-signs-agreement-canadas-maritime-launch-re-use-c4m-upper-stages-orbit

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« Reply #72 on: 10/23/2019 05:42 pm »
They're also going to be doing... something on orbit with a Cyclone 4M upper stage. Debut launch of that isn't planned until 2021 though, so it can't be this mission https://www.maritimelaunch.com/news/2019-10-23/nanoracks-signs-agreement-canadas-maritime-launch-re-use-c4m-upper-stages-orbit

Isn't that upper stage hypergolic?
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« Reply #73 on: 10/24/2019 08:51 am »
Nanoracks Announces In-Space Outpost Demonstration


Nanoracks will be building a self-contained hosted payload platform that will demonstrate the robotic cutting of second stage representative tank material on-orbit. Never before has structural metal cutting been done in-space.

As a member of the Outpost program team, Maxar will develop a new articulating robotic arm with a friction milling end-effector for this mission. This friction milling will use high rotations per minute melting our metal material in such a way that a cut is made, yet we anticipate avoiding generating a single piece of orbital debris.

The mission is targeting a Q4 2020 dedicated rideshare mission, will fly on an ESPA ring, and will activate after the deployment of all other secondary payloads is complete.

As our mission commences, we will have 30 minutes to one hour to complete the cutting of three metal pieces that are representative of various vehicle upper stages, including the Centaur 3. Nanoracks plans to downlink photos and videos of the friction milling and cutting.

I doubt building space stations by cutting up upper stages in space would be cheaper than launching prefabricated ones from the ground. But would this allow said prefabricated space stations to be refurbished in ways not imagined when they were designed? This would allow investors to apply lessons learned on their existing stations, reducing the risk of your infrastructure becoming outdated very quickly in a market that's still quite young.

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« Reply #74 on: 11/18/2019 05:22 pm »
Nanoracks Books CubeSat Rideshare and Habitat Building Demonstration in Single SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

November 18, 2019 – Washington DC – Nanoracks, the world’s leading commercial space station company, has booked a launch mission like no other, leveraging the recently announced SpaceX Rideshare program. Onboard a Falcon 9, targeting launch in late 2020, Nanoracks has booked deployment of eight small satellites as well as the Company’s first in-space Outpost-demonstration mission.

Recently, Nanoracks announced the Company’s first in-space Outpost demonstration mission in a letter from CEO Jeffrey Manber. Nanoracks, in collaboration with Maxar, will be building and operating a self-contained hosted payload platform that will demonstrate the robotic cutting of second stage representative tank material on-orbit. This test will be the first of its kind to demonstrate the future ability to convert spent upper stages in orbit into commercial habitats – a long-term goal of Nanoracks.

On this SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, the Nanoracks Outpost demonstration will be hosted on an ESPA ring and be operated after all other secondary payloads have been deployed. This Outpost demonstration is funded via Nanoracks’ NextSTEP-2 contract with NASA.

“Structural metal cutting has never been done in space, and SpaceX is honored to help deliver a demonstration of this capability to orbit,” said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. “It’s promising to see more companies like Nanoracks investing in new technologies to advance the exploration of the Moon and, ultimately, Mars.”

Notably, the secondary payloads on this SpaceX rideshare mission include eight of Spire’s LEMUR-2 CubeSats that were brokered by Nanoracks, bringing Nanoracks satellite deployment and mission management success to the forefront of the Expendable Launch Vehicle market.

“Nanoracks has been a long-valued partner for getting Spire’s satellites in orbit. Adding the Falcon 9 rideshare to the portfolio of options gives Spire yet another option for launch to LEO.” said Peter Platzer, CEO, Spire Global. “Their business creativity in pairing demo missions and CubeSat deployment from the same ESPA ring reflect their consistent commitment and support to the small satellite industry, while at the same time pushing the boundaries of what is possible. This enables Spire in our effort to continually increase the quality, frequency, and availability of our unique data.”

“It is beyond incredible,” said Nanoracks CEO Jeffrey Manber, “that we are bringing our existing satellite deployment business and future in-space infrastructure vision together on a single SpaceX launch. This is the power of commercial and speaks loudly to the efforts of both NASA and industry to build a successful and competitive ecosystem in low-Earth orbit.”

“Rideshare missions require a significant amount of logistics and knowledge of the CubeSat mission management process,” says Nanoracks Director of Payloads, Conor Brown. “We’ve deployed over 250 satellites, and we know better than anyone how to build a successful mission that accommodates multiple customers on a single deployment cycle. Our team gets the job done with the customer always as our top priority. Also,” adds Brown, “we have availability to deploy additional satellites on this mission, so please contact us if interested.”

To inquire about booking your satellite via Nanoracks on a SpaceX rideshare mission, please reach out at [email protected]

For additional updates, follow @Nanoracks on Twitter.
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« Reply #75 on: 11/19/2019 01:17 am »
This is exciting stuff.

I recall reading about the original plan for Skylab being a “wet workshop” launched into orbit with leftover fuel and that being drained and subsequently converted into the space station. Later there were discussions about converting Shuttle ET’s into space stations and other craft.

Now the technology to do this is being demonstrated. If this works, might SpaceX convert some of its F9 upper stages and compete with Bigelow for space station business? Or let’s say an SLS core stage or two gets orbited, those would make ginormous space stations or satellite factories. There are a lot of possibilities out there.
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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« Reply #76 on: 11/19/2019 06:57 am »
This is exciting stuff.
Now the technology to do this is being demonstrated. If this works, might SpaceX convert some of its F9 upper stages and compete with Bigelow for space station business? Or let’s say an SLS core stage or two gets orbited, those would make ginormous space stations or satellite factories. There are a lot of possibilities out there.

By the time this technology matures, SpaceX will be phasing out expendable upper stages. A crewed version of Starship is going to be able to do most of the stuff that currently requires a space station. So SpaceX is unlikely to take this approach.

Using dedicated SLS core stages at a billion dollar+ per launch seems hard to be cost competitive. Bigelow shows little initiative to operate their own space station. While Nanoracks has the most experience in actually doing commercial operations on a space station. I hope we'll see some major breakthroughs in the coming years.


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« Reply #77 on: 11/19/2019 06:34 pm »
“Bigelow shows little initiative to operate their own space station”

I was thinking more along the lines of selling space station module space on orbit, after an upper stage gets converted. If not SpaceX, who would be more likely to try something like this?

As far as SLS goes, good point about the cost. If they’re going to launch anyway I would rather see the billion dollar core stage used as a space station on orbit than burned up in the atmosphere. After 2028/2030 perhaps this could be done to make a larger, more spacious replacement for ISS, if the will and funding were there. Big if of course.
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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« Reply #78 on: 11/19/2019 07:29 pm »
This is exciting stuff.

I recall reading about the original plan for Skylab being a “wet workshop” launched into orbit with leftover fuel and that being drained and subsequently converted into the space station. Later there were discussions about converting Shuttle ET’s into space stations and other craft.

Now the technology to do this is being demonstrated. If this works, might SpaceX convert some of its F9 upper stages and compete with Bigelow for space station business? Or let’s say an SLS core stage or two gets orbited, those would make ginormous space stations or satellite factories. There are a lot of possibilities out there.

Well, the capability to cut into tank structural material (hopefully without shedding debris!) is being demonstrated. There's a whole bunch of other things that you'd have to do to make a spent upper stage tank useful as a space station.

Also, you'd almost certainly have to sell the space before the stage is converted. Unlikely to be able to do it in the first place without funding.

It may be easier to convert an EUS tank into useful space than a core stage. However, some of the problems with the Shuttle external tanks also apply to EUS, like the problem of the foam insulation shedding in orbit.
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« Reply #79 on: 01/10/2020 02:05 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasawatch/status/1215639204023107584

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« Reply #81 on: 04/15/2020 06:36 pm »
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April Update From Nanoracks

We wanted to bring our community up to date on everything going on here at Nanoracks. Since the COVID-19 pandemic took full force, our top priority has been the health and safety of our team. We have over 75 employees and outside consultants that are spread across Houston, Washington DC, New York, Italy, and the UAE – some of the hardest hit areas – and we’re very happy to say that as of this note, everyone on our team and their respective families remain healthy.

Our next priority is of course our customers. Nanoracks has been deemed an “essential business,” allowing us the opportunity to cautiously proceed forward with ongoing activities. Just last week, the SpaceX-20 Dragon splashed back down on Earth, allowing us to return critical science to our customers across the country. The big difference is that instead of going to university and commercial labs, the deliveries were sent to customers’ homes where they will work on analyzing their science results.

On-orbit operations remain active in our BRIDGE (our in-house Mission Control), and we are coordinating very closely with NASA and the astronaut crew office.

Being deemed essential has allowed us to (literally) keep our doors open to employees. We are abiding by all required and suggested CDC guidelines, with only critical staff, in limited quantities, present in our Houston facilities at any one time. All employees who are coming into the office are doing so voluntarily, and we are very grateful for their dedication to our in-space programs.

Importantly, our Bishop Airlock team is continuing to conduct their work in our cleanroom to ensure that we remain on schedule for launch this Fall on the SpaceX-21 mission. The Bishop Airlock is not only going to support our increasing demand of commercial customers on the Space Station, but also support NASA in critical crew activities, including moving hardware in and out of the Space Station to support EVAs, and other material needs that we hope to announce very soon! 

While some of our team members are coming into our shop, the vast majority are working from home. With frequent check-ins and some unique beard-growing competitions, spirits remain high, and we can’t wait to be back in the office with our Nanoracks family soon. In the meantime, follow us for live updates on our Twitter and Instagram accounts (both @Nanoracks), where we’re showing off the #PupsOfNanoracks (and yes, other pets) that are helping to keep our team members company while we are all #AloneTogether.

Please reach out to us with any questions, ideas, or concerns you may have at [email protected] – we are here to support our space-loving community. We are still planning on a number of exciting announcements this year that we can’t wait to share with everyone – but for now, we hope that our entire community remains healthy, strong, and as creative as ever.

Sincerely,
Your Friends at Nanoracks

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« Reply #82 on: 06/22/2020 10:48 pm »
Nanoracks deployed a mini satellite last week...
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« Reply #89 on: 10/02/2020 06:45 pm »
Will the volume of Bishop be vented into space each cycle or does Node 3 have a vacuum pump?

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“It is really simple. It is just an open-ended cup,” said Mike Lewis, chief innovation officer of Nanoracks, during a virtual tour of the airlock. It relies on existing ISS systems for capabilities such as “air-save” pumps to remove air from the module, losing only 2% of the air in each airlock cycle.
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« Reply #90 on: 10/21/2020 08:39 am »
Nanoracks is continuing to prepare the Bishop airlock for launch.
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« Reply #91 on: 11/05/2020 06:59 pm »
This could be the last use of the NRCSD today.
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« Reply #92 on: 11/11/2020 01:55 pm »
Nanoracks Books CubeSat Rideshare and Habitat Building Demonstration in Single SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

November 18, 2019 – Washington DC – Nanoracks, the world’s leading commercial space station company, has booked a launch mission like no other, leveraging the recently announced SpaceX Rideshare program. Onboard a Falcon 9, targeting launch in late 2020, Nanoracks has booked deployment of eight small satellites as well as the Company’s first in-space Outpost-demonstration mission.

According to this article in Wired the demo payload has slipped to a May flight.

[Wired] The Plan to Turn Scrapped Rockets Into Space Stations

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« Reply #93 on: 11/15/2020 03:46 am »
Nanoracks Books CubeSat Rideshare and Habitat Building Demonstration in Single SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

November 18, 2019 – Washington DC – Nanoracks, the world’s leading commercial space station company, has booked a launch mission like no other, leveraging the recently announced SpaceX Rideshare program. Onboard a Falcon 9, targeting launch in late 2020, Nanoracks has booked deployment of eight small satellites as well as the Company’s first in-space Outpost-demonstration mission.

According to this article in Wired the demo payload has slipped to a May flight.

[Wired] The Plan to Turn Scrapped Rockets Into Space Stations


The Wired article is a bit unclear - is the Outpost demo the primary payload of the Falcon launcher?


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« Reply #95 on: 12/07/2020 05:59 am »
Bishop Airlock Takes Flight


December 6, 2020 – Cape Canaveral, Florida  – The privately-owned Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, nested inside the SpaceX Dragon trunk, has reached a stable orbit after a successful launch onboard the CRS-21 mission. Today’s mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 11:17 AM ET.
 
“This is a monumental moment for Nanoracks,” says CEO Jeffrey Manber. “We came up with this idea five years ago. In those five quick years, we’ve gone from being known as the ‘CubeSat’ deployment company to an organization that is building the future of commercial low-Earth orbit infrastructure. I am beyond proud of our team and grateful to all of our partners and customers who have brought us to this very moment.”
 
The self-funded Bishop Airlock offers five times the current payload volume than is currently available on the government-operated JEM Airlock on the space station and is the first-ever commercial airlock. Bishop’s capabilities include the deployment of free-flying payloads such as CubeSats and externally-mounted payloads, housing of small payloads for research and in-space manufacture, jettisoning trash, and recovering external Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs). ORUs are modular components of the station that can be replaced when needed, such as pumps and other hardware.
 
The concept for the Bishop Airlock was developed after Nanoracks found themselves in a bottleneck on the space station with too much customer demand for the limited airlock space and opening frequency.
 
‘It’s a very Nanoracks way of thinking, to say that something on the International Space Station isn’t working for us, so we’ll just go ahead and build our own,” says Nanoracks Airlock Program Manager Brock Howe. “We couldn’t have gotten to this critical point without our partners, which includes Boeing, Thales Alenia Space, ATA Engineering, Oceaneering, and Craig Technologies.”
 
Bishop is currently certified for 100 cycles, with one ‘cycle’ including both an opening and a closing. Nanoracks expects that lifetime can be extended through some additional analysis and if market demand warrants the increase. The first Bishop customers include NASA and ESA, and Japanese space robotics startup, GITAI.
 
“Our Bishop team has been dedicated to this program for years, working most recently around the clock in the midst of a global pandemic, all to make sure our beauty would be delivered in perfect condition and ready to be commissioned upon arrival to the space station,” continues Howe. “I am so proud.”
 
Once installed permanently on the American side of the space station, Bishop will be a privately funded service allowing NASA to follow the agency goal of serving as one of many customers for commercial services in space, expanding the low-Earth orbit market beyond just government-provided products and services. For Nanoracks, the Bishop Airlock is the first step in building in-space infrastructure, to be followed with demonstrations and missions for the Nanoracks Space Outpost Program.
 
To learn more about the Bishop Airlock, payload capabilities, and how to get started on your Bishop mission, visit the Nanoracks website.
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« Reply #98 on: 12/23/2020 03:45 pm »
Yeah, I'm glad this deal worked out, and is now public info. I've been biting my tongue about this (even couldn't tell my team about it) for months. They're a great company to have in the Voyager family, and hopefully this provides them with easier access to capital as they build on what they've been doing for Bishop. We'd also love to see them succeed, because commercial space facilities are great things to have in the same ecosystem as servicing tugs. :-)

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« Reply #100 on: 01/03/2021 10:19 am »


Bishop relocation video

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We are proud to announce that Bishop Airlock is fully commissioned and operational on the ISS. We’d like to thank NASA and all our teammates for helping us get to this point and look forward to the Airlock enabling lots of exciting science in the future.

https://twitter.com/Nanoracks/status/1359889940901998595

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« Reply #102 on: 02/19/2021 08:43 am »
https://vpk.name/en/485856_nanoracks-has-signed-a-contract-with-the-uae-for-the-construction-of-orbital-greenhouses.html


Nanoracks has signed a contract with the UAE for the construction of orbital greenhouses

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« Reply #103 on: 02/19/2021 11:09 pm »
Misleading article. This announcement (from back in November) is about an Earth-based facility in the UAE which will be jointly operated by Nanoracks. The experiment launched later this year will be another rack-sized payload on ISS. More ambitious greenhouses (full station modules, or facilities making use of Bishop's unique capabilities) are something Nanoracks wants to do, but are early in development. The artists concept shown there certainly should not be taken as representative of a final design (I know, because I made it).

Hopefully this progresses, IMO its one of those experiment types that can take good advantage of a crew-tended freeflying facility, which seems like the most likely way Outpost would be operated, rather than a permanent human presence. Short expeditions to swap out samples and do maintenance, 90% of the time the plants can just be left to grow, and they'll need a lot of volume in which to do so.

This article has a little more information: https://www.space.com/space-greenhouses-nanoracks-food-crisis
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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #104 on: 03/31/2021 03:55 pm »
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/program-management/podcast-nanoracks-ceo-commercializing-space

Nanoracks CEO Jeff Manber predicts that by the end of the year, private space companies will have more discretionary money to spend than the U.S. federal government.


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« Reply #105 on: 03/31/2021 10:12 pm »
To be specific: he estimates that all this year's capital raises and SPAC's and so on will total about a billion dollar of available cash to spend, whereas NASA doesn't have a hundred million to spend without having to ask permission from Congress, and the big space companies don't have a large sum of money to spend at all without having to justify it to their conservative shareholders. We'll see.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #106 on: 05/12/2021 12:08 am »
https://spacenews.com/with-a-focus-on-the-low-earth-orbit-economy-voyager-eyes-more-acquisitions/

Voyager Space Holdings said May 10 it has closed a deal announced in December to acquire a majority stake in XO Markets, the parent company of commercial space services provider Nanoracks.

The value of the transaction was not disclosed. “We acquired the company at a substantial number,” Dylan Taylor, Voyager’s chairman and CEO, told SpaceNews.

Nanoracks is Voyager’s fourth deal since October 2019. Voyager also has acquired a space robotics firm, a space mining company and a space launch logistics services providers.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #107 on: 07/01/2021 02:02 am »
"Mars Demo-1, our in-flight tech demo on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission, is being pushed to Transporter-3 . Stay tuned.

9:16 AM · Mar 26, 2021"

https://twitter.com/Nanoracks/status/1375481812462473219


Transporter-3 is tentatively scheduled for December 2021.
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« Reply #108 on: 10/21/2021 11:19 am »
To boldly grow: Abu Dhabi research centre to use space technology to boost food security

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A new research centre in Abu Dhabi will use the UAE desert as a testing ground to explore how space technology can help food production thrive in challenging climates – on Earth and beyond.

US-based firm Nanoracks, which specialises in launching small payloads such as mini and cube satellites, will establish a commercial space research centre called StarLab Oasis in the capital.

The company, which opened an office in Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 in 2019, has received funding from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office for the programme.

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« Reply #109 on: 10/21/2021 03:37 pm »
https://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-voyager-space-and-lockheed-martin-teaming-to-develop-commercial-space-station/

Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Teaming to Develop Commercial Space Station

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« Reply #110 on: 11/20/2021 02:02 am »
https://www.maritimelaunch.com/news/2021-11-19/maritime-launch-services-announces-nanoracks-first-payload-services-provider-and

MARITIME LAUNCH SERVICES ANNOUNCES NANORACKS AS FIRST PAYLOAD SERVICES PROVIDER AND UNVEILS DESIGNS FOR SPACEPORT NOVA SCOTIA

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« Reply #111 on: 01/26/2022 03:48 am »
Space Race Comes to Hollywood: Second Film Studio to Be Built in Space

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Hollywood has officially entered the space race, as plans for a second film and TV studio in outer space have been unveiled.

Space 11 Corp, which was set up by “Survivor” producer Andrea Iervolino and is run by MMA fighter turned producer John Lewis, is exploring a deal with Voyager Space company Nanoracks to build a free-flying space station that will function as a soundstage in zero gravity.

Named S11S, the module can also be used as a live venue and will contain accommodation and sleeping quarters. Nanoracks, the largest commercial user of the International Space Station, expects the studio to be operational by 2027.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #112 on: 06/17/2022 11:40 am »
Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?

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« Reply #113 on: 06/17/2022 03:17 pm »
Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?
Internal Payloads are currently using Bishop.

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« Reply #114 on: 07/31/2022 10:32 am »
Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?


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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #115 on: 09/03/2022 04:25 am »
Starlab FISO presentation by Nanorack's Mike Holguin: http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Holguin-Ticker_8-3-22

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« Reply #116 on: 09/18/2022 01:51 pm »

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« Reply #117 on: 09/19/2022 06:30 am »
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1571748027047575553

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At an #IAC2022 breakfast this morning, Nanoracks announced it will set up a terrestrial facility for its George Washington Carver Science Park (for its Starlab space station) at Ohio State Univ. Using existing lab now, groundbreaking next year for a standalone building.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #118 on: 09/19/2022 02:00 pm »
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/19/hilton-partners-with-voyager-starlab-space-station-to-design-astronaut-suites.html

Hilton partners with Nanoracks

Personal note: as the founder of Nanoracks, sometimes I have to pinch myself when this kind of news is published.
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« Reply #119 on: 09/19/2022 04:44 pm »
Exclusive — Hotel giant Hilton $HLT signed on as a partner for the Starlab private space station being built by Voyager, Nanoracks, & Lockheed Martin.

Hilton will design hospitality suites, astronaut sleeping arrangements, and more:

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1571854842984898563

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« Reply #121 on: 11/09/2022 01:41 pm »
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voyager-space-names-retired-nasa-astronaut-tim-kopra-as-chief-executive-officer-of-nanoracks-301672689.html

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HOUSTON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, and its operating company Nanoracks, today announced the appointment of Tim Kopra as Chief Executive Officer of Nanoracks. Kopra, a retired NASA astronaut and former president of OneWeb Technologies, will oversee Nanoracks' continued growth as a global leader in providing commercial space services, including the development of Starlab, the companies' proposed commercial space station.

"Nanoracks is paving the way for what's possible in space," said Matthew Kuta, President and COO, Voyager. "Tim is a one-of-a-kind leader with a level of experience that is unmatched in this industry. As an astronaut who served on the International Space Station, he understands the unique needs, challenges, and opportunities for commercial space services and will provide invaluable insight as we continue down our development path on Starlab. We couldn't be more excited to have Tim on the Voyager team and look forward to seeing him take Nanoracks to new heights."

A seasoned executive and leader, Kopra served as the President of OneWeb Technologies and as Vice President, Robotics and Space Operations for MDA. Prior to his work in the private sector, Kopra spent 18 years as an astronaut for NASA, including his role as a flight engineer on Expedition 46 and commander of Expedition 47. Kopra is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He earned his BS from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, an MS in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

"This is a very critical and exciting time to join Nanoracks. I am looking forward to applying my skill set and experience as a former astronaut as well as a space industry executive to further our technologies and capabilities powering the space revolution, forging the next generation of space infrastructure and technology," added Kopra.

Kopra's appointment comes among other exciting announcements for Voyager and Nanoracks. The companies announced a historic partnership with Hilton to design crew lodging and hospitality suites aboard Starlab in September. Voyager and Nanoracks also announced The Ohio State University will host the George Washington Carver Science Park's terrestrial lab and signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with five Latin American space agencies.

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« Reply #122 on: 01/07/2023 02:17 am »
Airbus joins Starlab commercial space station project

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Airbus Defence and Space is joining a commercial space station project led by Voyager Space, a move that could potentially make it easier for European governments to use the station after the retirement of the International Space Station.

Denver-based Voyager Space announced Jan. 4 a partnership with Airbus on its Starlab commercial space station project. Airbus will provide “technical design support and expertise” for Starlab, the companies said, but did not disclose additional details about the partnership or financial terms.

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« Reply #123 on: 01/07/2023 02:30 am »
https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1610781783460659201

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It looks like Starlab is going from an inflatable to a rigid design



Video from @Nanoracks. The habitation module was originally going to be inflatable and built by @LMSpace.



@DavidNagySFgang pointed out on my discord that this is too wide to fit in a New Glenn fairing. Maybe it’ll get a custom top fairing like Skylab on NG or maybe be a starship payload?



Upon closer inspection the NG logo is no longer on the station, so they may no longer be a part of this deal.

He's referring to the 5 videos posted 2 days ago on Nanoracks youtube channel (or at least I think it's their channel, not sure if youtube actually verifies the identity of the owner): https://www.youtube.com/c/nanoracks

Haven't seen the videos being promoted elsewhere, but you could see the new rigid design on https://nanoracks.com/starlab/ too.

Also the "NG logo is no longer on the station" part is a typo, he meant Lockheed Martin logo is no longer on the station, so LM is out of the team?

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #124 on: 01/08/2023 04:59 pm »
Nanoracks finally fixed the flaw in their original concept, where the only robotic arm on the station could not reach the forward CBM. Now, the robotic arm is located on the main module, where it can access both the forward CBM, the lateral CBMs, and the external unpressurized items on the midsection module.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #125 on: 01/25/2023 10:11 am »
New website to show off their rigid design, also LM is no longer listed as partner on the new website:

https://twitter.com/VoyagerSH/status/1617911185143402497

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Unleashing the next generation of space destinations. 🚀

#Starlab is planned to be the first continuously crewed, free-flying commercial space station. Learn all about our new-era #space platform via our newly launched site - check it out!

https://starlab-space.com/

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« Reply #126 on: 07/29/2023 02:33 am »
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-commercial-partners-pass-milestones-for-new-space-stations/

Nanoracks completed a demonstration milestone that focused on the material and manufacturing methods of the habitat portion of its commercial destination, named Starlab. The Nanoracks team is incorporating key lessons learned into the Starlab design. Nanoracks has also completed its comprehensive Starlab system requirements review milestone and is working toward its upcoming system definition review milestone later this year.

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« Reply #127 on: 08/03/2023 07:37 pm »
https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1687178412496957440

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Re commercial LEO, Mark Sirangelo says Nanoracks has signed an agreement with India to use India's crewed spacecraft to service Starlab.

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« Reply #128 on: 08/03/2023 08:06 pm »
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/voyager-space-airbus-deepen-tie-up-new-space-station-2023-08-02/

PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - U.S. space venture company Voyager Space and Airbus (AIR.PA) said on Wednesday they will co-operate more closely in the race to build a private version of the International Space Station.

The two companies announced plans in January for Airbus to provide design support for Voyager's Starlab, one of three projects pre-selected by NASA to draw up plans for a potential commercial successor to the ISS.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #129 on: 10/05/2023 04:09 am »

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #130 on: 10/05/2023 04:10 am »
As noted in other topics, Nanoracks seems to be the only intact survivor of the competition.

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Re: Nanoracks
« Reply #131 on: 11/03/2023 02:49 pm »
Nanoracks
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We enjoyed hosting @NASA astronauts @AstroIronMike and @Astro_Maker1 this week, training for our #BishopAirlock on @Space_Station.

The crew learned about Bishop's design, how to maneuver the hardware in orbit, and about the types of research and activities they may support while on their expedition. We can't wait to work with this crew in #space! #VoyagerExploration

https://twitter.com/Nanoracks/status/1720456587670593791


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« Reply #132 on: 02/13/2024 11:53 am »

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