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Odyssey Opportunities in Denver
October 14, 2011
: Odyssey Space Research, LLC is seeking experienced software engineers to fill positions in Denver, CO. Candidates must possess skills and experience applicable to the development and testing of spacecraft embedded, real-time flight software, to include experience with state-of-the-art requirements management, configuration control and software testing toolsets. For more information visit our Opportunities Section.
SpaceLab for iOS
June 9, 2011
: Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C., has announced a space-based, experimental app, dubbed SpaceLab for iOS, which will be used for space research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceLab for iOS app will make its way to the ISS on an iPhone® 4 aboard the orbiter Atlantis on the space shuttle fleet's historic final mission, STS-135, and will remain there for several months for the ISS crew to conduct a series of experiments. Odyssey also announced it is bringing the astronauts' on-orbit experimental tasks down to earth for “terrestrial” consumers to enjoy via the SpaceLab for iOS app available today from the App Store℠. For more information, go to: SpaceLab for iOS.
Odyssey Receives AS9100 and ISO9001 Certification
May 9, 2011
: Odyssey Space Research, LLC has received certification to the AS9100 (Rev. B) and ISO 9001:2008 international quality standards after an extensive analysis of its quality systems by World Certification Services, industry leading providers of certification services for quality, environmental and safety management systems. By achieving ISO 9001:2008 compliance, Odyssey can assure its customers that the company operates by the principles and processes of a formal Quality Management System. An organization with an effective Quality Management System will typically meet customer expectations far better than an organization without such a system. Odyssey is committed to consistently providing customers with quality products and services. Released in November 2008, ISO 9001:2008 is the fourth and latest release of the Quality Management System standard set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 9001:2008 provides a number of requirements that must be fulfilled in order to ensure a continuous improvement environment that enhances customer satisfaction. AS9100 is designed to enhance ISO9001 by focusing on the more precise expectations and requirements of the aerospace industry. AS9100 certification is rapidly becoming a minimum requirement for doing business with many aerospace manufacturers and service providers. WCS auditors have confirmed that Odyssey's Quality Management System is established and implemented in accordance with the requirements of both the AS9100 (Rev. B) and ISO 9001:2008 standards.
Odyssey Receives JSC 2011 Small Subcontractor of the Year Award
April 7, 2011
: NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) presented Odyssey with the “JSC 2011 Small Subcontractor of the Year Award” for support of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company’s Orion contract. Odyssey is being recognized for it’s involvement in the development of Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GN&C) simulation software. Two other companies were also recognized.
HTV-2 Mission to ISS Completed
January 21 - March 29, 2011
: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched their second H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-2) on January 22, 2011 at 05:37 GMT. After completing successful phasing, the HTV-2 was given the “GO” to fly under automatic control to its designated capture point beneath Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) of the International Space Station (ISS). After arriving safely, the HTV-2, called Kounotori-2, was captured using the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Capture occurred on January 27, 2011 at 11:41 GMT. Berthing to the nadir Node-2 Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) was completed shortly after capture. During its stay at the ISS, HTV-2 was moved to the zenith Node-2 CBM to allow adequate clearance for STS-133 (Discovery) during its final mission to the ISS. After the departure of STS-133, HTV-2 was relocated to the nadir Node-2 CBM on March 10, 2011. Despite sustaining substantial damage to their control center during a major earthquake, JAXA was able to support the originally scheduled release of HTV-2 on March 28, 2011 at 15:45 GMT. HTV-2 re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on March 29, 2011 at 03:09 GMT, completing a successful HTV-2 mission. Congratulations to the entire JAXA, CSA and NASA team! For more information, go to: http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-2/.
NOFBX® and ISS National Lab
March 24, 2011
: We are pleased to announce that Odyssey is part of the winning Innovative Space Propulsion Systems (ISPS) team selected to develop and perform a NOFBX® flight experiment at the International Space Station in late 2012. The award was made under the ISS National Lab Broad Agency Announcement. Odyssey will perform flight support equipment development and integration, as well as flight software, operations, and key administrative and programmatic functions. To read more about the ISPS flight experiment, go to: http://www.ispsllc.com.
ATV-2 Docks to International Space Station
February 24, 2011
: The European Space Agency’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), known as “Johannes Kepler,” has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The ATV flew under automatic control and docked to the aft port of “Zvezda”, the ISS Service Module. Jules Verne’s docking probe was captured by Zvezda at 15:59 GMT, and docking was completed at 16:09 GMT. The ATV will remain attached to Zvezda until June 2011 after which it will depart and destructively re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Congratulations to the entire ESA team! For more information go to: http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ATV/index.html.
Odyssey Wins Lockheed Martin 2010 Rigel Award — “Orion Small Business Subcontractor of the Year”
February 17, 2011
: Odyssey Space Research, LLC is the first recipient of Lockheed Martin’s Rigel Award recognizing subcontractors on the Orion Project team. Odyssey was chosen “for outstanding support in the development and validation of the Guidance, Navigation & Control simulation software, which enabled GN&C to perform rapid development, design and verification by analysis that led directly to the successful Pad Abort-1 flight. In addition, [Odyssey’s] innovative contribution to the Rapid Algorithm MATLAB Simulink Engineering Solution (a.k.a. RAMSES) was a fundamental step in allowing the GN&C flight software to interface with the GN&C simulation software in both the native MATLAB and auto-coded environments, and has paved the way for future Orion GN&C schedule and technical success”. The Rigel award is named for the star in the Orion constellation that shines brighter than the Alpha star, Betelgeuse. It is awarded only to subcontractors who shine above and beyond the call of duty for the Prime (or Alpha) contractor. Odyssey was selected over 9 other nominees.
SpaceX Dragon Demo 1 Flight Success
December 8-15, 2010
: SpaceX successfully launched Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) Demo 1 into orbit where it orbited Earth several times, re-entered, and was successfully recovered. The first flight of Dragon met all of its demonstration objectives. This was the first flight under NASA’s COTS program to develop Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) to the International Space Station (ISS). Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C. is proud to be supporting the Dragon Guidance Navigation and Control (GN&C) and System Engineering teams and is looking forward to the next Dragon demonstration mission currently scheduled for summer 2011. For more information go to: http://www.spacex.com.
Odyssey Awarded 2010 Phase 1 SBIR
December 8, 2010
: Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C. was awarded a NASA Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) contract for a Flexible Particle Filter Navigation System for Analysis and Operations. The proposed research includes the development and implementation of a modular navigation software package consisting of both a sequential Monte Carlo particle filter and an unscented sigma-point filter to provide precise state information for offline analysis and real-time applications. These new filter types have been demonstrated to perform better with non-linear problems in the presence of non-Gaussian noise and state uncertainty. The navigation system will leverage several NASA products to rapidly prototype and demonstrate the feasibility of the software. The system will function as a standalone estimation package that can be easily integrated into other software packages, or as the basis for embedded flight software algorithms. The full proposal summary can be found on the NASA SBIR web page at: http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/10/sbir/phase1/SBIR-10-1-O4.03-8803.html.
Innovative Space Propulsion Systems (ISPS)
November 26, 2010
: Odyssey Space Research, LLC is pleased to announce its collaboration with Innovative Space Propulsion Systems, LLC — a company founded to help bring a new, green, high-performance monopropulsion technology dubbed NOFBX®, to flight and to the commercial market. To read more about ISPS, go to: http://www.ispsllc.com.