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NASA Includes ISAM Amongst 2025 NIAC Winners
NASA announced their 2025 NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) Selections last week which include a number of In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) projects.
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COSMIC January Newsletter
COSMIC and ISAM publicly available updates, programming, and news in the January newsletter.
COSMIC December Newsletter
COSMIC and ISAM publicly available updates, programming, and news in the December newsletter.
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Opportunity To Partner With NASA On LiDAR
For those who may be interested in partnering with NASA on their Kodiak Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Engineering Test Unit, please review and engage with their recently posted RFI. Responses must be submitted by January 10th.
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COSMIC Capstone Challenge Hosts Successful Student Flash Talks
Thirty-four groups of college and high school students showcased their progress in a national competition to develop In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) concepts.
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December Virtual Convergence Wrap-Up
COSMIC’s 2024 December Virtual Convergence brought together nearly 250 ISAM-practitioners to share ideas, insights, and innovations to further advance US leadership in space.
COSMIC November Newsletter
COSMIC and ISAM publicly available updates, programming, and news in the November newsletter.
COSMIC Year One: By The Numbers
November 7th marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC). In this short time, an unprecedented foundation of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration has been built by members nationwide.
Join COSMIC Leaders at the CONFERS Conference
Numerous COSMIC members will be in attendance or presenting and the CONFERS international conference is a wonderful opportunity to learn from and collaborate with other ISAM practitioners.
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Impending Rule Changes To Space-Related Export Controls
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released three changes, one as a Final Rule, one Interim Final Rule, and one Proposed Rule, to modernize BIS’s space-related export controls.
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COSMIC October Newsletter
COSMIC and ISAM publicly available updates, programming, and news in the October newsletter.
NASA Opportunity Regarding Active Cooling Using Cryocoolers
NASA is working to advance active cooling technology using cryocoolers and is seeking responses from industry for technologies and strategies that will meet future human exploration performance objectives reliably.
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NASA Posts RFI Regarding On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacture (OSAM-1)
COSMIC encourages input to the NASA RFI for OSAM-1 Partnerships from the COSMIC community and all partners interested in ISAM technologies in order to better understand the partnership potential to further these technologies.
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COSMIC Announces C3 Design Challenge
The Consortium for Space Mobility and In-space Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) Capabilities (COSMIC) is launching an annual student challenge to design and demonstrate novel capabilities in space.
COSMIC Convergence 2024
On May 15-16, 2024, COSMIC convened 170 in-person attendees along with 140 virtual attendees to continue to build momentum toward making ISAM a routine part of space architectures and missions.
Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) Announces Kickoff Event Nov. 7-8 at University of Maryland
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2023 — The Consortium for Space Mobility and in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) Capabilities (COSMIC) today announced a formal kickoff meeting scheduled for Nov. 7-8, 2023, at the University of Maryland. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate formulated and funds COSMIC, which brings together leading experts from government, industry, research and academia to…
NASA Selects The Aerospace Corporation To Lead National ISAM Consortium
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Apr. 19, 2023 — The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) has been selected by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to lead a whole-of-nation effort to advance U.S. capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) in the national interest. Jim Reuter, associate administrator for STMD, announced the launch of this new national consortium at the 38th…
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