Rocket Lab Developed A Robot To Build Their Electron Launch Vehicles

     Rocket Lab is a private U.S. aerospace manufacture and smallsat launch service provider. It has a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. It developed a suborbital sounding rocket called Atea. It currently operates a lightweight two-stage orbital launch vehicle called the Electron.

Vice President Mike Pence Opened the International Astronautics Congress In Washington, D.C. This Week

     A few days ago, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke during the opening session of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington, D.C. Pence is the chairman of the White House’s National Space Council. More than six thousand people registered for the event and many of them had to stand in line for security checks to get into the opening ceremony. 

Made In Space Working With NASA To 3D Print Satellites In Orbit

     Made in Space is a startup based in Mountain View, California. For the past nine years, the company has been working closely with NASA to develop technology that will allow the 3D printing of objects in space and then assemble parts using robots. From its beginnings in 2010,. MIS has had some impressive successes. In 2015, MIS sent a 3D printer to the International Space Station.

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