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August 14, 2016

Contract Awarded For Lunar Imaging CubeSat

SkyFire 6U CubeSat Will Be Launched To The Moon In 2018

For being our familiar anchor in the night sky, the moon still holds mysteries for scientists. To illuminate the unknown, Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with NASA to deploy SkyFire, a 6U CubeSat planned to launch to the moon in 2018 with Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).

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Canadian Company Granted Second U.S. Patent For Space Elevator

Tower Could Reach 15 Kilometers, Or About 9 Miles Into The Sky

The U.S. Patent Office has issued a second patent to Troth Technology for its space elevator technology. The invention, published in last week's United States Patent Gazette, describes an innovative space elevator car mounting method.

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