NanoRacks operates the only commercial laboratory in outer space.
Created: 2018-11-01
Updated: 2021-01-08
Service - NanoLab, Bishop
- Classification
- Microgravity & ISS Flight Service
- Category
- ISS Utilization Service
Commercial ISS Airlock
Commercial Space Station
- Status
- 1) Active
- First launch
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Core payload hardware is the NanoLab, a powerful box in the CubeSat form factor, measuring 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm. Every NanoLab has a circuit board that activates the experiment, turns it off and can be functioned for other activities. Customers have also deployed video cameras and a wide range of sensors inside NanoLabs.
Nanoracks Airlock Module (Bishop) is the first-ever commercial Airlock that will operate on the International Space Station.
"Maritime Launch Services and Houston-based Nanoracks have signed an agreement to work on repurposing the upper stages of MLS's rockets — the parts of the vehicle that contained fuel and are released as it climbs into orbit. The company plans to use Cyclone 4M rockets, designed by Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye and manufactured by Yuzhmash.
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