In 2008, Tucson, Ariz.-based Paragon Space Development Corp. was ranked by Inc. magazine as the fastest-growing privately held aerospace engineering company in the United States... (Space News)
NASA, Industry Begin Discussions on Commercial Crew Development Dollars
WASHINGTON — As NASA awaits a presidential decision on the future of its human spaceflight program, the agency is pushing ahead with plans to award $50 million in economic stimulus money meant to seed development of commercial crew transportation services.
NASA contacted at least six companies Nov. 6, inviting Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Boeing Co., Paragon Space Development Corp., Sierra Nevada Corp., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and United Launch Alliance to discuss the Commercial Crew Development, or CCDev, proposals each submitted in September.
Lunar Gardening ... new Orion and Altair spacecraft which will bring humans back to the Moon. But growing a plant on the moon, well, that's just plain cool, says MacCallum. ...
Paragon Dive System. Engineering TV | Published: 04.28.2009
The Paragon Dive System isolates a diver in a “space-suit like environment”, incorporating a Return Surface Exhaust design and upgraded materials, completely protecting divers from contaminants and hazardous materials present in their surrounding environment. The US Navy funded Paragon to redesign their existing surface supplied diving system because of the health risks posed to divers operating in contaminated water environments such as the USS Cole incident and Hurricane Katrina.
Constellation Space Suit. Engineering TV | Published: 04.27.2009
Paragon has received authorization to begin work on NASA’s Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS). Paragon is beginning this work on the first major space suit redesign in over 40 years as part of a team led by Oceaneering International. Paragon has key responsibilities in the design and manufacture of the suit’s life support and thermal control system. The first suits will support the debut flight of the new Orion spaceship that Paragon is also working on, currently planned to launch in 2015. With modifications, the suit will go on to be used exploring the surface of the Moon and Mars.
Growing Plants on the Moon. Engineering TV | Published: 04.23.2009
What does it take to grow plants on the Moon? Paragon Space Development Corporation CEO Taber MacCallum answers that question from the 25th International Space Symposium.
Lunar Oasis: Greenhouse on the Moon Engineering TV | Published: 04.23.2009
The first Moon flower will become a reality when private lunar expedition partners Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space Development Corporation deliver a biological greenhouse to the lunar surface. Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon partnered with Paragon, a Tucson-based firm and manufacturer of key components for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.
MoonOne Robotic Lunar Lander Engineering TV | Published: 04.21.2009
Odyssey Moon's partnership with NASA will allow them to develop the "MoonOne" (M-1) lunar lander based on the Common Spacecraft Bus (CSB) developed at the NASA Ames Research Center. The Hover Test Vehicle used for ground testing of the CSB is demonstrating that small teams and rapid prototyping can lead to some game changing innovations. Odyssey Moon is the first of a series of mission opportunities designed to enable low cost, rapid, and frequent access to the Moon for government, academic and commercial customers.
Odyssey Moon and the Lunar X PRIZE Engineering TV | Published: 04.20.2009
From the 25th International Space Symposium, Bob Richards, CEO of Odyssey Moon, talks about their commercial space enterprise, their involvement with the Lunar X PRIZE, and some unique payloads they plan on delivering to the surface of the moon. Odyssey Moon was the first team to complete registration for the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE competition and plans to make history with the first private robotic mission to the surface of the Moon.
MSNBC Published March 26 2009
- A company that has built mini-biospheres for orbiting space stations says it's ready for the next giant leap: growing flowers on the moon.
Paragon Executive Highlighted by AIAA Inspiration Campaign
TUCSON, Arizona, January 13 2009 – Grant Anderson, Vice President of Engineering and co-founder of Paragon Space Development Corporation, has recently been featured as part of a new campaign by AIAA, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Tucson space-products firm bringing business down to Earth Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.14.2008
Tucson-based Paragon Space Development Corp. makes radiators and plumbing equipment for the Orion spacecraft in the Constellation program, which NASA will use for its human-spaceflight missions when the space shuttle is retired in the next decade.
A Sewage Proof Suit Popular Science Magazine | Published: 05.13.2008
Diesel oil and raw sewage slowly trickled into Taber MacCallum’s eyes as he swam toward the sunken research ship he’d been called to help salvage. It was 1989, and Hurricane Hugo had devastated Puerto Rico three days before, dumping fuel and municipal waste into San Juan Harbor. As the young diver and analytical chemist worked to raise the ship, the seals on his diving equipment disintegrated in the muck that crept into his helmet. Every time MacCallum exhaled into the putrid water, his helmet let a few drops back in.
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