Thales Alenia Space
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Press Releases
Astrobotic has been awarded a contract by Thales Alenia Space to develop the Lunar Wheel for the Italian Space Agency’s Multi-Purpose Habitation Mobility System
Astrobotic today announced its award of a contract from Thales Alenia Space (JV between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%) to develop a lunar wheel assembly solution for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH). MPH is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) program, developed in partnership with NASA as a core element of the Artemis architecture, designed to allow astronauts to live on the…
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NASA
Gateway: Wired for Deep Space
A maze of cables and sensors snakes through a major piece of Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon, during a key testing phase earlier this year to ensure the lunar-orbiting science lab can withstand the harsh conditions of deep space. HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) is one of four Gateway modules where international teams of astronauts will live, conduct…
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Press Releases
SES-17 Successfully Launched on Ariane 5
SES announced today that the SES-17 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard an Ariane 5 launcher operated by Arianespace from the Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 11:10 pm local time (02:10 am UTC). “The network and satellite architecture was specifically developed for the unique connectivity requirements of our commercial aviation customers and their passengers. With SES-17, FlytLIVE…
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