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NASA and Houston's Ion Partner to Create Opportunities for Startup Community by Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
The Ion, Houston's innovation hub, has announced a new collaboration with NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA and the Ion are establishing a technology transfer center at the Ion, empowering the Houston-Galveston region's aerospace innovation ecosystem by giving local entrepreneurs and startups opportunities to share ideas and intellectual property with NASA. The collaboration between NASA and the Ion is a private-public partnership aimed at creating events, programming and initiatives to promote and diversify the new commercial space economy and the use of NASA technologies in the broader economy. Alongside Rice University, NASA and the Ion are creating a platform to accelerate the formation of space enterprises to grow commercial space supply chains, seek solutions to address space technology challenges, and license NASA technology for commercial applications. "We're eager and excited to work with Rice University and the Ion to help NASA solve challenges, develop spinoff technologies, grow minority entrepreneurs and accelerate innovative and tech-forward solutions in Houston," said Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. "This partnership will allow us to increase startups through our aerospace accelerator targeting minority businesses and help achieve NASA's goals to enhance scientific and technological knowledge to benefit all of humankind, as we propel commercialization of space and work to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon under Artemis." NASA and the Ion will focus part of their efforts on minority businesses and entrepreneurs in the aerospace and technology fields, including the Ion's Aerospace Innovation Accelerator for Minority Business Enterprises (AIA for MBEs), which develops businesses tackling aerospace-related challenges. NASA has supported the AIA for MBEs since its inception and initial grant process. NASA will continue to support the accelerator and its participants by providing mentors and subject matter experts and ongoing advice at the Ion's monthly startup competitions and showcases. As part of the new collaboration, NASA and the Ion will open an application process for interested startups and entrepreneurs in Fall 2022. Programming will run through mid-2023. NASA, the Ion and the startup community will work together to: + Develop spin-off technologies not only supporting commercial space ventures, but also for potential use in NASA and private sector space missions; + Provide access to intellectual property (IP). The Ion community will have invaluable access to NASA's IP portfolio, for potential use in commercial applications; + Create more onramps for Houston's small business communities through NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs; + Build a private sector skilled workforce in the Houston area to support the development of space technologies "NASA's Johnson Space Center has led the US and the world on an ongoing journey of human exploration and the Ion is here to accelerate tomorrow's space endeavors," said Jan E. Odegard, Executive Director of the Ion. "Together our Ion community of startups, entrepreneurs and academic institutions, across industries and disciplines - from health care to sports, to ecommerce to resiliency - is the perfect place for human performance and for NASA to derive talent. Just as NASA is the perfect team to inspire our Ion community to reach for the stars. Together we will safeguard Houston's title as 'Space City' and advance the global space industry for future missions." About the Ion: The Ion anchors a 16-acre innovation district, the epicenter for Houston's innovation ecosystem, as an inclusive, dynamic, vibrant, and dense hub focusing on quality collaborations between entrepreneurs, incubators, accelerators, corporations, academics, and the Houston community. The 266,000-square-foot building accommodates multiple uses, including class-A office space, shared workspace, prototyping and maker resources, event space, classrooms, food and beverage offerings, as well as indoor/outdoor communal areas with shared amenities.
Kleos Space invests for future growth in the UK Leicester UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Kleos Space Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A., is to set up operations at the Space Park Leicester, a world-leading hub for innovative research, enterprise and education in space and earth observation. Kleos is a 'space-powered' Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a- Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider. The new UK facility will provide access to a buoyant technology-centred community and state- of-the-art facilities for research, development, and manufacturing ... read more
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