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An industry at an inflection point: government and private sector space agencies worldwide are experiencing widespread industry disruption and innovation.
Jacobs delivers high-end solutions for remote sensing and earth observation, intelligence gathering, communications and navigation, and space-enabled science and exploration through its decades of experience and capabilities in scientific, engineering and technology innovation.
We invent by imagining what’s possible.
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employees supporting multiple NASA centers, other government users and industry partners
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60 +
years providing innovative solutions to government, private companies and industries
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Latest space updates
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NewsJacobs Awarded $3.2 Billion Contract at Kennedy Space Center
Jacobs (NYSE:J) was awarded the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering & Test (COMET) contract at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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NewsJacobs Supports Successful Completion of NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission
Jacobs congratulates NASA on the successful completion of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission to orbit the moon, following the safe splashdown of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean.
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NewsJacobs Awarded $3.9B Engineering and Science Contract at NASA
Jacobs was awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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NewsJacobs Awarded Commercial Space Headquarters Campus Contract
Jacobs has been awarded the architecture and engineering phase one design contract by Axiom Space for the Assembly, Integration and Testing facility planned for the 400-acre Houston Spaceport in the heart of Space City at Ellington Airport. This new 100,000 sq ft facility will support Axiom Space's mission to provide access to low Earth orbit and assemble the first commercial international space station.
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NewsJacobs to Support UK Space Satellite Launch Project
Jacobs was selected to support Space Hub Sutherland, which has the potential to become the U.K.'s first satellite launch site.
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NewsNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Explore the Universe with Support from Jacobs Spanning Multiple Space Centers
Jacobs and NASA’s longstanding relationship delivers high tech solutions that lead to scientific discoveries.
Innovative solutions for driving launch, flight and mission success
Launch support
As prime contractor for NASA’S Exploration Ground Systems Program at Kennedy Space Center, Jacobs is responsible for the development and operations of flight vehicle components, including integration, processing, testing, launch and recovery. The Jacobs team has helped NASA to modernize and upgrade facilities and ground equipment at KSC to prepare for the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew vehicle in support of the Artemis Program, which aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and establish sustainable exploration in preparation for missions to Mars. Examples of this work includes upgrades to the 6-million pound crawler transporter, the 380-foot-tall mobile launcher and launch pad 39B. The launch team is now completing development of the spaceport command and control system software, and is starting to process flight hardware for the launch of SLS and Orion. The Jacobs team also provides technical and engineering support to a variety of commercial space companies, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Sierra Nevada.
Space Launch System
Jacobs is providing technical leadership and support to NASA’s Space Launch System Program in the areas of vehicle systems engineering and integration; flight software development; avionics systems integration; lab construction and operation; vehicle structural load development; structural, propulsion and acoustic testing; and design, development and analysis. The Jacobs team also designs and oversees development and test of the Ground Support Equipment required to transport, test, and operate the massive SLS flight hardware on the ground.
Orion
Jacobs is part of the team of engineers supporting development and construction of NASA’s Orion crew capsule, which is built for long-duration, human-rated missions to the moon and into deep space. Jacobs is providing critical engineering, fabrication and testing of Orion’s vital systems to validate strict reliability guidelines that will ensure mission readiness on the first flight to the moon since Apollo. Multiple Jacobs contract operations work as one team to test the Environmental Control Life Support Systems, the Launch Abort System, Capsule Parachute Assembly System and Water Impact Drop and Stress Tests, as well as validating the Thermal Heat Shield withstands re-entry temperatures of more than 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The Jacobs team at KSC has developed and produced thousands of heat shield components for Orion.
International Space Station
Jacobs supports cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services contract at Kennedy Space Center, coordinating logistics of launch payloads in concert with commercial cargo platforms such as Northrup Grumman Cygnus, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency HTV. The Jacobs teams at both Kennedy and Johnson Space Center have the expertise to manage the life cycle of technical and scientific payloads bound for the ISS, from concept formulation to operational systems integration. They can develop and maintain flight hardware used for experiments, coordinate with scientists to prepare and process experiments, and develop on-orbit crew procedures and plans to support the science. At the Marshall Space Flight Center, Jacobs team members develop, manufacture and test components of the ISS Environmental Control and Life Support System, as well as support materials science experiment design, development and fabrication.
As NASA’s largest professional and technical services provider, Jacobs brings subject matter experts with proven experience in their technical fields, delivering innovative solutions to exploration and research programs across the country. This work includes the operation and maintenance of a variety of unique research and development facilities, including NASA arc jet facilities and wind tunnels, with a long history of supporting similar Department of Defense facilities as well.
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NewsUnlocking the Mysteries of the Universe with the StarBurst Multimessenger Satellite: Q&A with Carl Widrig
Jacobs is helping NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) develop the StarBurst Multimessenger, a $20 million research project to better understand energetic events in the universe and pave the way for future generations of explorers. We connected with one of StarBurst Multimessenger’s Lead Systems Engineers Carl Widrig to discuss how Jacobs’ team of three is helping explore and understand cosmic phenomena.
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ShowcaseArtemis - We Are Going
Artemis is NASA’s deep space human exploration program which aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and establish sustainable exploration in preparation for missions to Mars.
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PodcastsMoon Walking: Giant Steps Are What You Take
In April 1972, he became the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon – a record he still holds to this day. Just three years prior, he served in a critical role as part of the Mission Control team for Apollo 11, and he was later a member of the backup crew for the ill-fated Apollo 13. But in the heyday of NASA’s lunar explorations, he would eventually get his own shot at walking on the moon. As we close in on the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 16, we sat down with General Charlie Duke, lunar module pilot for this historic flight, to reminisce about his three-day excursion to earth’s farthest shore.
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NewsJacobs Mango One Satellite on Orbit, Laying Pathway for Next Generation, Affordable Space Solutions
Jacobs began a new era of advanced, affordable space radar payloads with its Mango One satellite achieving a successful on-orbit performance. On Jan. 24, 2021, Jacobs' Mango One satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter One rideshare mission to a sun synchronous orbit.
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PodcastsAerospace and the Technology to Go Beyond
To provide an inside look at much of the work done to support NASA from robotics to launch control to support of the International Space Station, we were pleased to sit down with Joy Kelly, Vice President and General Manager of the Jacobs Clear Lake Group. For this episode of Inflection Points, Dr. Kelly spoke about the work Jacobs does with NASA as the agency’s #1 solutions provider, as well as her passion for STEM education and the success and challenges of business innovation in large organizations.
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NewsNASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Gets Boost from Jacobs Spanning Multiple Space Centers and Programs
Jacobs and NASA’s longstanding partnership delivers innovative technologies that lead to scientific discoveries