NASA Awards Konekarate mo Suborbital Flight Services

WASHINGTON, Iuni 2, 2016 - Ua filifilia e le NASA le Blue Origin, LLC, i Van Horn, Texas, e tuʻufaʻatasia ma felelei faʻatekonolosi totogi atu i tafatafa o le tuaoi o le avanoa i luga o le latou New Shepard suborbital spacecraft e lagolagoina le NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

O le lona ono ai lea o kamupani ua filifilia mo se tuʻufaʻatasiga e le faʻatagaina, i lalo ole laiga ole Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) Flight and Payload Integration Services, o loʻo iai le tuʻufaʻatasiga o le aofaʻi e le sili atu i le $ 45 miliona.

Amata Iuni 1, o le konekalate ma Blue Origin o le a tauva ma isi polokalame polokalama mo galuega gaioiga e kiliva totogi uta tuʻufaʻatasia ma vaalele tautua. Uma galuega oka e tatau ona amataina i totonu o le konekalate le tolu-tausaga faatinoga vaitaimi.

"Matou te fiafia e auai Blue Origin faʻatasi ma le matou vaega o le Flight Opportunities service provider," o le tala lea a Steve Jurczyk, lagolago lagolago mo NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) i Uosigitone. "Faʻaopopoina faʻaopopo vaʻalele kamupani faʻatagaina mafai ai NASA ma le lautele lautele vaʻaia alaalafaga e faʻaali ma suia suiga o tekonolosi, atiaʻe fou agavaʻa vave ma, ono, i tau maualalo."

O lenei konekalate o se faʻaauauina o konekalate faʻatulafonoina i le 2014 ma le 2015, maua ai faʻapisinisi agavaʻa faʻaaogaina faʻamaonia faiga vaʻalele. O le konekalate faʻatagaina le faʻamamaina o tagata fou faʻatau atu ma le faʻaopopoina o faʻamatalaga fou o vaalele ia le itiiti ifo ma le taʻi tausaga, e pei ona fuafuaina e le malo manaʻoga.

Blue Origin o le a auai i kamupani nei i lalo o konekarate.
• Masten Space Systems, Inc., Mojave, Kalefonia
• Lata i le Space Corporation, Tillamook, Oregon
• UP Aerospace, Inc., Littleton, Colorado
• Virgin Galactic, LLC, Niu Ioka
• World View Enterprises, Inc., Tucson, Arizona

E ala i le Polokalame Avanoa Avanoa, filifilia STMD tekonolosi folafola mai alamanuia, aʻoaʻoga ma le malo, ma faʻataʻitaʻia i latou i pisinisi faʻalauiloaina taʻavale. O le Polokalame mo Avanoa Faʻalele e faʻatupeina e le STMD, ma e faʻatautaia i le NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center i Edwards, Kalefonia. O le STMD e nafa ma le atiaʻeina o le kolosiina o paʻaga, paionia, tekonolosi fou ma agavaʻa manaʻomia e le ofisa e faʻatino ai ana misiona o iai nei ma lumanaʻi.