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Nanoracks wants to kill the graveyard orbit for dead rockets in next 10 years

Zac Hall - Jan 4th 2021 7:36 am PT @apollozac

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In an interview with Observer, Nanoracks founder and CEO Jeff Manber dishes on his company’s ambitious plan to change how we treat dead rocket upper stages that make up the graveyard orbit around the planet.

Voyager Space acquiring Nanoracks, reportedly investing $50 million in company behind new ISS airlock in 2021

Zac Hall - Dec 23rd 2020 6:14 am PT @apollozac

ISS Nanoracks Voyager Space

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Earlier this week we saw the first installation of a commercially developed airlock from Nanoracks on the International Space Station. Now CNBC reports that Voyager Space Holdings will acquire the company behind the Bishop Airlock.

Nanoracks Bishop: ‘Cold’ installation of first commercial airlock at International Space Station

Zac Hall - Dec 21st 2020 8:48 am PT @apollozac

ISS Nanoracks

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Saturday evening was an eventful one for the International Space Station. Over the weekend, the ISS robotics team completed the “cold” installation of the Bishop Airlock, the first commercially funded airlock to reach the space station. The Nanoracks-built airlock arrived in the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule as part of the recent CRS-21 resupply mission.