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NASA awards L3Harris role in mission to detect signs of life on distant planets
L3Harris secured a NASA contract to develop thermal and optical technologies for the Habitable Worlds Observatory telescope in Rochester.
Rochester region helps power Artemis II journey around far side of the moon
Rochester-based Sydor Optics, Spartronics and Triplett Machine contributed critical components to NASA's Artemis II mission orbiting the far side of the moon.
L3Harris supports NASA’s hunt for habitable worlds
NASA has selected L3Harrist o develop advanced optics and mirror systems for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship space telescope searching for life beyond Earth.
L3Harris’ Rochester team plays key role in groundbreaking space telescope
L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.
Sydor Technologies awarded grant to enhance x-ray technology for space missions and beyond
Through the grant, Sydor and collaborators at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, will begin developing a low cost, versatile soft x-ray detector for class-D space missions.
L3Harris completes work on NASA telescope
L3Harris Technologies Inc.’s Rochester Space & Airborne Systems team has finished figuring, polishing and coating the primary mirror for NASA‘s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as the Wide […]
RIT professor participates in project aimed at universe’s origins
The bad news in space this week is the little rover that could has officially pooped out on Mars. The good news is NASA announced it has set aside $242 […]
Race to develop quantum computing featured at RIT this week
It’s a little like the space race, and a piece of it is going on at Rochester Institute of Technology this week. Starting Wednesday, RIT will host a three-day workshop […]
Harris awarded $195 million NASA contract
Harris Corp. has been awarded a $195 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help build a flagship telescope. The project will support 160 Rochester-based jobs. The […]
