Momentus has secured multiple NASA contracts to fly technology‑demonstration payloads on its Vigoride in‑space tug. Awards include a $5.1 million contract to carry the COSMIC microgravity materials‑production demo and a separate mission to validate a new in‑space thruster; the flights aim to raise TRLs for on‑orbit manufacturing and propulsion.
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The $5.1 million COSMIC award and additional NASA payload contracts put Momentus’s Vigoride into active use as a commercial testbed for on‑orbit manufacturing and propulsion validation, accelerating technology maturation and flight heritage.
This follows NASA’s prior engagements with Momentus to study orbital servicing and reinforces the agency’s shift to buying ride‑along demonstrations from commercial providers to raise TRLs for in‑space capabilities (see NASA tapped Momentus for a robotic systems study: https://hype.aero/?story=fb688afd-f1b2-44a2-84be-28449cdeec8b).
The contracts align with broader NASA efforts to field low‑cost orbital transfer and manufacturing demonstrations that reduce program risk and cost (related context: NASA selects firms for low‑cost orbital transfer vehicle studies: https://hype.aero/?story=3c8d60a0-7cba-4888-a782-ccb0b2a73d1f and SpaceWorks to demo commercial in‑orbit manufacturing: https://hype.aero/?story=4c21c286-9e74-4cf0-9a11-d022d803c1b4).
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Momentus wins two NASA contracts to fly tech demo payloads • cavenewstimes.com
