Orion Moves One Step Closer to Launch
January 16, 2021: NASA has officially transferred ownership of the Artemis I Orion spacecraft to the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) group for final preparations for launch. The transfer marks the completion of the assembly of spacecraft, which first began at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in 2015. On January 14, Orion was unloaded from its assembly stand in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center where [...]
HTV Undocks from ISS for the Last Time
August 8, 2020: Today marks the retirement of the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). Between 2009 to 2020, HTV successfully completed 9 resupply missions to the International Space Station. The vehicle, also known as Kounotori or ‘the white stork’ after the [...]
Odyssey Wins a Phase I NASA Small Business Innovative Research Award
2020 NASA SBIR Phase I award: "Autonomous Optical Navigation and Targeting for Operations in NRHO". Principal investigator: Dr. Franceso de Dilectis. July 6, 2020: Odyssey has won a Phase I SBIR to implement state of the art optical navigation and [...]
Odyssey Part of Northrop Grumman’s HALO Development Team
June 10, 2020: Odyssey is excited to be part of the Northrop Grumman team for the design and development of the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) for the Gateway, an essential part of NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program! (See the [...]
NASA Awards Companies to Develop Human Landers
April 30, 2020: NASA announced the winners of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2): Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX. Many milestones are expected to be met by NextSTEP-2, with the primary goal being landing astronauts on the Moon [...]
Odyssey Remains Resolute in Challenging Times
April 20, 2020: Amongst the turmoil of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Odysseyians have continued carrying on their mission of advancing human space flight. As a company, Odyssey has taken several steps to help the community persevere, including providing donation matching to [...]
Astronaut Randy Bresnik Visits Orion BFS Lab
March 2, 2020: The Orion Backup Flight Software (BFS) team was visited last week by astronaut Randy Bresnik. Bresnik discussed the importance of BFS in ensuring the safety of our astronauts and the success of the Artemis program. The Backup [...]