ThinkOrbital raises seed funding to advance X-ray space inspection

ThinkOrbital raises seed funding to advance X-ray space inspection ThinkOrbital raises seed funding to advance X-ray space inspection

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Building a Construction Firm for Space

In this week’s episode of Space Minds meet Lee Rosen who reflects on his SpaceX tenure, co-founding ThinkOrbital and where the industry is headed.

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"Space-made weld scrutinised in ESA lab"

"ESA engineers have focused microscopes, hardness testers and an X-ray computer aided tomography machine onto a special aluminium weld just a single centimetre across – the historic result of the very first autonomous welding to be performed in space, and the first ESA has been involved with."

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Space-made_weld_scrutinised_in_ESA_lab

10.10.2024

#ESTEC #Space #ThinkOrbital #TWI #welding #Weltraum

Space-made weld scrutinised in ESA lab

ESA engineers have focused microscopes, hardness testers and an X-ray computer aided tomography machine onto a special aluminium weld just a single centimetre across – the historic result of the very first autonomous welding to be performed in space, and the first ESA has been involved with.

Space Stations & Space Habitats - Factories in Space

Database of commercial facilities in orbit including space stations and habitats

ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital) - Factories in Space

<p><a href="https://thinkorbital.com/">ThinkOrbital delivers a large, scalable and cost-efficient space structure for the New Space economy. Our ThinkPlatforms are based on mature technologies available today, configured for single-launch, autonomous assembly in-orbit, re-imagining opportunities for satellite servicing, space debris processing, in-space manufacturing, on-orbit storage, refuelling, space tourism and research.</a></p>

📆 Jun 15, 2023 #NASA #LEO partnerships

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#NorthropGrumman
#SierraSpace
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#SpecialAerospace
#ThinkOrbital
#VastSpace

“It is great to see companies invest their own capital toward innovative #commercial #space capabilities, and we’ve seen how these types of partnerships benefit both the private sector and NASA” https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/seven-us-companies-collaborate-with-nasa-to-advance-space-capabilities

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Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities

NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future business and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy.

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Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital crew transport
NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities that will provide high-frequency access to low Earth orbit for
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/06/15/blue-origin-will-work-with-nasa-on-orbital-crew-transport/
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Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital crew transport

NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities that will provide high-frequency access to low Earth orbit for a…

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