Through our Commercial Space Futures initiative, Aerospace fosters greater collaboration between the U.S. government and commercial space partners. This section provides a collection of available technical resources to support the acceleration of development and advancement of the nation's capabilities for space and beyond.
Commercial Space Futures
Through Commercial Space Futures, Aerospace brings its deep technical expertise and independent insight to help the nation solve challenges and outpace threats in the rapidly evolving space environment. Commercial Space Futures is an extension of our existing support to the U.S. space enterprise to maximize U.S. government access to and incorporation of commercial space capabilities and technologies.
State of Play: Advances in Commercial Space
Private space companies are a thriving source of space innovation. Understanding the state of play within the commercial sector allows Aerospace to better advise our customers on future possibilities with commercial technologies.
State of Play is an advisory publication dedicated to emerging trends in space innovation.
State of Play is an advisory publication dedicated to emerging trends in space innovation.
Delivering Innovation at Scale Through Technology Transfer and Partnerships
Aerospace’s Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) serves as a critical bridge that amplifies the impact and reach of innovation by partnering with government and commercial stakeholders to move new capabilities and concepts forward.
PMPedia: EEE Parts Knowledge Repository
PMPedia (Parts, Materials and Processes Encyclopedia) is a digital repository of alternate-grade (non-space grade) electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts and materials test and selection guidance, space radiation test data, and a user experience-sharing forum. The purpose of this crowd-sourced, open access repository is to reduce duplicative testing and analyses, save development and production costs, and help get reliable, resilient space capability on orbit more quickly.
Acquisition Considerations to Expand Space Design Options Using COTS EEE Parts and Units
This Aerospace technical report (ATR) is intended for reference when a customer is considering the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts and units in offerors’ proposals.
From Innovation to Deployment: Addressing Testing Gaps in USSF, NASA, and Commercial Space Ventures
This report proposes expanding the use of testbed and proving ground infrastructure to advance US space capabilities in the national interest. Addressing the testing and validation challenges for commercial capabilities to be assimilated into hybrid architectures for national security can increase mission success and accelerate the commercialization and operational readiness of US space economy and ecosystems. The authors of this report explain how this strategic approach will support the USSF objectives of space domain superiority and drive sustained growth and innovation in the broader space community.
ExoRomper: In-Space Imagery Library
This dataset contains images from both the ExoRomper payload's ground unit and the payload flight unit aboard the Slingshot-1 space vehicle. ExoRomper is a reprogrammable platform onboard Aerospace's Slingshot-1 space vehicle.
Small Satellite Propulsion Technologies Compendium
Aerospace leverages its technical expertise in propulsion technologies to enable the development of capabilities that provide both immediate and long-term support to the nation's space programs. This compendium is a survey of the field of small satellite propulsion systems and is intended to help advance the knowledge and understanding of available options for space missions.
