Author Topic: Nanoracks (Read 68835 times)

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

Bishop relocation video

yg1968 · « **Reply #101 on:** 02/11/2021 03:34 pm »

Quote from: Nanoracks

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

Danderman · « **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

brickmack · « **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

Danderman · « **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.

high road · « **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.

Danderman · « **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.

whitelancer64 · « **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.

su27k · « **Reply #108 on:** 10/21/2021 11:19 am »

To boldly grow: Abu Dhabi research centre to use space technology to boost food security

Quote from: thenationalnews.com

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.

Danderman · « **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

Danderman · « **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

su27k · « **Reply #111 on:** 01/26/2022 03:48 am »

Space Race Comes to Hollywood: Second Film Studio to Be Built in Space

Quote from: variety.com

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.

edzieba · « **Reply #112 on:** 06/17/2022 11:40 am »

Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #113 on:** 06/17/2022 03:17 pm »

Quote from: edzieba on 06/17/2022 11:40 am

Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?

Internal Payloads are currently using Bishop.

Danderman · « **Reply #114 on:** 07/31/2022 10:32 am »

Quote from: edzieba on 06/17/2022 11:40 am

Have Nanoracks announced a date for the first use of Bishop?

su27k · « **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

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

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voyager-space-and-nanoracks-sign-mous-with-five-latin-american-space-agencies-301626657.html?tc=eml_cleartime

Voyager Space and Nanoracks Sign MOUs with Five Latin American Space Agencies

FutureSpaceTourist · « **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.

Danderman · « **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.

Rondaz · « **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