NanoRacks
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | 2009 |
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Number of locations
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5 (4 are terrestrial, 1 is lab space on ISS in low-Earth orbit) |
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Key people
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Jeffrey Manber, Mike Johnson, Richard Pournelle, Chris Cummins, Richard Gruver, Mike Lewis, Marcia Blount, Carl Carruthers |
| Services | in-space services; small satellite launch services; CubeSat launch services; microgravity payload integration |
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Number of employees
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approximately 50 |
| Website | nanoracks |
NanoRacks LLC is a private company that develops products and offers services for the commercial utilization of space. NanoRacks hosts a CubeSat Deployer and equipment for experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). NanoRacks services include reviewing space payloads to ensure they meet NASA's safety and other technical requirements. In July 2015, NanoRacks announced an agreement with Blue Origin to offer business development services for the Blue Shepard New Shepard Suborbital Vehicle. In August 2016, the NanoRacks-led Ixion Initiative Team, which also includes Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance, was selected as one of NASA's NextSTEP-2 partnerships to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study on repurposing rocket upper stages into commercial space station habitats.
NanoRacks’ main office is in Houston, Texas, alongside the NASA Johnson Space Center. The business development office is in Washington, D.C., and additional offices are located in Silicon Valley and Europe. NanoRacks provides tools, hardware and services that allow other companies, organizations and governments to conduct research and other projects in space.
NanoRacks facilities on the U.S. National Lab on the ISS include NanoLab research modules, a centrifuge, a plate reader, and MixStix mixing enclosures.
NanoRacks partners with the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, along with the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education.
NanoRacks customers include the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Space Agency (DLR), NASA, US Government Agencies, Planet Labs, Urthecast, Space Florida, NCESSE, Virgin Galactic, pharmaceutical drug companies, and organizations in Vietnam, UK, Romania and Israel.
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