The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. The Heliophysics Division studies space weather, including how it heats and expands Earth’s outer atmosphere during intense solar activity, creating orbital drag through atmospheric density changes. The
A Katalyst Space robot that was launched to grab a space telescope and lift it to a higher orbit spun out of control after a series of malfunctions, NASA and the company said today. The company is trying to stabilize the spacecraft using backup systems before NASA decides if the mission can continue. This is
Television City and Orbital Studios have partnered to bring a new virtual production studio to the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. The new LED volume will be based at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Television City, and reflects Orbital’s strong commitment to providing the best virtual production experiences for productions of all sizes, budgets and creative aspirations.
The military routinely sends satellites to fly alongside rival vehicles and assess their capabilities, but the U.S. military increasingly sees expanding this type of reconnaissance as a challenge best addressed by the private sector. That’s why two space startups, True Anomaly and Rocket Lab, last week completed a rendezvous mission for the U.S. Space Force