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Two space startups have been selected to receive the MassChallenge Technology in Space Prize, receiving a total of more than $650,000 to advance their research through the orbiting laboratory on the ISS. Boeing and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) are the program’s funders. CASIS manages the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. The two winners are ...

The Orbital Edge Accelerator programme, which helps incubate space startups and is run by the ISS National Lab, is approaching its deadline. Beginning its launch last month, the accelerator is still open but companies only have until 19 May to apply for funding. Orbital Edge Six startups can receive an investment of up to $500,000. Following this there will be ...

Redwire is expanding its in-space drug development programme as it launches a new version of its PIL-BOX technology for a cancer-detection experiment. To complement the existing PIL-BOX platform, the Florida-based space infrastructure company is launching a high-volume Industrial Crystallizer. It says it will be capable of processing samples of 200 times the volume of current levels. It says the crystallizer ...

The ISS National Lab releases its annual report outlining the research work done on the international space station over the past year. The headline figures for space-based R&D include sponsoring 103 payload deliveries resulting in 51 published, peer-reviewed papers. Of the payloads launched to the space station, 80 percent were from commercial entities, reports CASIS, which manages the space lab ...

Sen, a UK startup specialising in video streaming from space, has declared the launch of its Ultra High Definition 4K livestream of Earth and space. The company’s 4K camera system is called “SpaceTV-1” and is hosted on the International Space Station. It is on the ArgUS plate attached to the Bartolomeo platform, operated by Airbus and located on the European ...

The International Space Station (ISS) National Lab announces new funding opportunities to use its orbiting laboratory to develop, or test products and processes. The organisation is offering $750,000 for projects that have “a clear line of sight to commercial applications and demonstrate the potential to produce a positive direct or indirect economic impact” in the near term. The funding is ...

The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is highlighting the return to earth of a range of projects that have been undertaken in space, in its permanent microgravity research environment. After more than 35 days onboard the International Space Station, SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services Mission for NASA successfully splashed back to Earth off the Florida coast earlier this week. ...

Sen, a UK space video company, is launching a 4K live stream looking out from the International Space Station (ISS) with the aim to enable people “to see Earth from space like astronauts”. Its cameras will be arriving at the space station as part of the Space X-30 Commercial Resupply Mission (CRS) to the ISS. Then, once aboard, Sen’s payload ...

The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts - their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes or anything else in the wide world of electronics that caught their eye...

The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts - their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes or anything else in the wide world of electronics that caught their eye…