Rocket Lab protests NASA award of Mars telecom orbiter contract
PARIS — Rocket Lab announced Sept. 11 it is filing a protest of NASA’s decision to award a…
NASA outlines objectives for Mars communications orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under…
Interplanetary science needs a commercial backbone
We are in an era where planetary science no longer depends on government missions. Commercial capabilities are mature…
NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars
Image Credits:NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS For decades, NASA built and flew its own relay orbiters and spacecraft to ferry valuable data…