Special Aerospace Services is a tactical engineering and advanced manufacturing firm with more than a decade of experience providing cutting-edge solutions to Aerospace, Aviation, Defense and Energy organizations worldwide.
Created: 2023-07-22
Updated: 2023-08-12
Special Aerospace Services is collaborating with NASA on an in-space servicing technology, propulsion, and robotic technology called the Autonomous Maneuvering Unit (AMU) and the Astronaut Assist-AMU for commercial in-space servicing and mobility applications intended for safer assembly of commercial low Earth orbit destinations, servicing, retrieval, and inspection of in-space systems.
NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future commercial and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy. Through unfunded Space Act Agreements, the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) is designed to advance commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions of technical expertise, assessments, lessons learned, technologies, and data..
Robotic Arm
Space Robotics, Robotic Arm, Hardware
Development
Robotic Arm, Hardware, In-Space Assembly
Space Architecture, Hardware
Early stage
HEBAM
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Energy, Hardware
Concept
In-Space Assembly, Hardware
Hardware, Optical Modem, Deep Space Communications
Demonstrated
Commercial Rover, Hardware
Resources - Energy, Hardware
Ecos
In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Medical Support, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Hardware, Commercial Lunar Lander, Propellant Refilling
Space Construction Equipment, Hardware
R1
Space Robotics, Commercial Rover, Robotic Arm, Hardware
Commercial Rover, Space Robotics, Software, Hardware, Robotic Arm
In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware
Nuclear Fission Power, Orbital Transportation, Resources - Energy, Hardware, Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Hardware, Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Hardware
SpaceDREAM
Robotic Arm, Hardware, In-Space Assembly, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Robotics
Kosmos-Station
Robotic Arm, Hardware, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station
Space Construction Equipment, Hardware, Space Robotics, Surface Mobility
ARCap Module
On-Orbit Servicing, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Active Debris Removal (ADR), In-Orbit Inspection, Space Tug, Hardware, Docking
Hardware, Space Resources
Robotic Arm, Hardware
In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Hardware
Longhurst Engineering
Dormant
VIA
Space Tug, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Orbital Transportation, Hardware, Software
Development, Concept
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Hardware, Life Support
Automated Deorbiting-Block system (PAD-B)
Active Debris Removal (ADR), Resources - Space Debris Utilization, Hardware
Impactor Probe, Hardware
Hardware, Space Robotics, Space Resources
XLINK
Space Robotics, Robotic Arm, Hardware, In-Space Assembly
QuantCrete
Hardware, Space Construction Equipment, Surface Habitats
SUPREME
Hardware, Space Tug, In-Space Logistics
Glide2
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Hardware
RPOD Kit
Active Debris Removal (ADR), On-Orbit Servicing, Hardware, Docking
Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Hardware
Commercial Space Station, In-Space Assembly, Hardware
Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Hardware, Software
EROSS+, ORBITA, TITAN, PRO-ACT
On-Orbit Servicing, Robotic Arm, Hardware, Space Robotics, In-Space Assembly
Commercial Rover, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Lander
Archinaut, Optimast, STAARK
In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Robotic Arm, Space Robotics, Hardware
Development, Cancelled
Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection, In-Space Situational Awareness, Hardware
Development, Launched
Luna Ring
Resources - Energy, Power Beaming, Hardware
Space Construction Equipment, Hardware, Space Robotics
Resources - Energy, Space Solar Power, Hardware
Concept, Development
Walking Manipulator, HOTDOCK
In-Space Assembly, Robotic Arm, Space Robotics, Hardware
Vertical Adaptive Greenhouses Farm (VAGF)
In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Docking, Hardware, Power Beaming
Robotic Arm, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), On-Orbit Servicing
Early stage, Dormant
Software, Hardware, In-Space Manufacturing
Otter
Space Tug, On-Orbit Servicing, Satellite Life Extension, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Hardware
Resources - Oxygen, Propellant Refuel Station, Hardware, Propellant Refilling
MUSES (Multi-User System for Earth Sensing)
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Hardware
Active
POP3D
In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Commercial Space Station
ROAMER
On-Orbit Servicing, Hardware, Orbital Transportation, Robotic Arm, In-Space Assembly
Hardware, Space Medicine, Space Robotics
Mochii S
Space Laboratory Equipment, Hardware
ScienceTaxi
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Hardware, Microgravity Science
In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Space Laboratory Equipment
Valkyrie
Space Robotics, Robot Astronaut
Software, Space Robotics
Active Space Servicer
On-Orbit Servicing, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Space Robotics
On-Orbit Servicing, Reusable Satellite, Space Robotics
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources, Resources - Energy, Space Robotics, Robotic Arm
LUNARSABER
Resources - Energy, Space Robotics
Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Space Robotics, On-Orbit Servicing
Canadaarm3, SKYMAKER
On-Orbit Servicing, Space Robotics, Commercial Rover, Resources - Energy, In-Space Assembly, In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Manufacturing, Space Construction Company, Space Robotics
Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Robotics
Early stage, ?
Space Robotics, Space Mining
Orbots
Space Robotics, On-Orbit Servicing, Orbital Transportation
Space Solar Power, Robotic Arm, In-Space Assembly, Space Robotics
In-Space Assembly, Space Construction Company, Space Robotics
EARTHLING™AMR
Space Robotics, Miscellaneous
DRACO
Commercial Rover, Space Construction Company, Space Construction Equipment, Robotic Arm, Landing Pads
ARAM
In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Assembly, Robotic Arm, On-Orbit Servicing
SpiderFab, OSAM-1, SAMPLR
On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Assembly, Robotic Arm
In-Space Manufacturing, Robotic Arm
Smart Drone
Space Tug, Orbital Transportation, On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal (ADR), Robotic Arm
Refabricator, SpiderFab, LEO Knight
In-Space Manufacturing, On-Orbit Servicing, In-Space Assembly, In-Space Communications Relay, Robotic Arm
Cancelled, Launched, Acquired