{"id":475690,"date":"2023-06-15T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=475690"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:04:37","slug":"seven-us-companies-collaborate-with-nasa-to-advance-space-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/seven-us-companies-collaborate-with-nasa-to-advance-space-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA Meatball\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nasa_meatball_1_2.jpeg?resize=900,506 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\"> <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/orbital-launch-site-aerial-1_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/orbital-launch-site-aerial-1_2.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Blue Origins launch and manufacturing complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/orbital-launch-site-aerial-1_2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/orbital-launch-site-aerial-1_2.jpg?resize=300,158 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Blue Origin\u2019s launch and manufacturing complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. <strong>Credits: Blue Origin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future commercial and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through unfunded Space Act Agreements, the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) is designed to advance commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions of technical expertise, assessments, lessons learned, technologies, and data. Structured sharing of NASA expertise demands minimal government resources but fosters development of capabilities that can be crucial to development of a robust low Earth orbit economy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/persistent_platform_poster_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/persistent_platform_poster_1.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artists concept of Northrop Grummans Persistent Platform concept in low Earth orbit.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/persistent_platform_poster_1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/persistent_platform_poster_1.jpg?resize=300,202 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Artist\u2019s concept of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Persistent Platform concept in low Earth orbit. <strong>Credits: Northrop Grumman<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The companies selected for the Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Blue Origin, Kent, Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Dulles, Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sierra Space Corporation, Broomfield, Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, Hawthorne, California<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Aerospace Services, Boulder, Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ThinkOrbital Inc., Lafayette, Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vast Space LLC, Long Beach, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sierra_space_ccsc2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sierra_space_ccsc2.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artists concept of Sierra Spaces crewed Dream Chaser spaceplane docking to the companys LIFE habitat.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sierra_space_ccsc2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sierra_space_ccsc2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Artist\u2019s concept of Sierra Space\u2019s crewed Dream Chaser spaceplane docking to the company\u2019s LIFE habitat. <strong>Credits: Sierra Space<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is great to see companies invest their own capital toward innovative commercial space capabilities, and we\u2019ve seen how these types of partnerships benefit both the private sector and NASA,\u201d said Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. \u201cThe companies can leverage NASA\u2019s vast knowledge and experience, and the agency can be a customer for the capabilities included in the agreements in the future. Ultimately, these agreements will foster more competition for services and more providers for innovative space capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/starship_testflight_20230416-dji_0101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/starship_testflight_20230416-dji_0101.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"SpaceXs Starship rocket sits on a launch pad at the companys Starbase in Texas.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/starship_testflight_20230416-dji_0101.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/starship_testflight_20230416-dji_0101.jpg?resize=300,215 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">SpaceX\u2019s Starship rocket sits on a launch pad at the company\u2019s Starbase in Texas. <strong>Credits: SpaceX<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA selected these proposals based on an evaluation of their relevance to achieving the agency\u2019s goals and its ability to provide the requested resources, as well as the feasibility of the company\u2019s business and technical approach. Each party bears the cost of its participation through the agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/occupied_dark_frontview_4_sas_approved.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/occupied_dark_frontview_4_sas_approved.png?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A Special Aerospace Services engineer tests the companys Autonomous Maneuvering Unit.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/occupied_dark_frontview_4_sas_approved.png 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/occupied_dark_frontview_4_sas_approved.png?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A Special Aerospace Services engineer tests the company\u2019s Autonomous Maneuvering Unit. <strong>Credits: Special Aerospace Services<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Origin is collaborating with NASA to develop integrated commercial space transportation capability that ensures safe, affordable, and high-frequency US access to orbit for crew and other missions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thinkplatform_concept_image_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thinkplatform_concept_image_2.png?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artists concept of ThinkOrbitals ThinkPlatform in low Earth orbit.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thinkplatform_concept_image_2.png 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/thinkplatform_concept_image_2.png?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Artist\u2019s concept of ThinkOrbital\u2019s ThinkPlatform in low Earth orbit. <strong>Credits: ThinkOrbital<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Northrop Grumman is collaborating with NASA on the company\u2019s Persistent Platform to provide autonomous and robotic capabilities for commercial science research and manufacturing capabilities in low Earth orbit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sierra Space is collaborating with NASA for the development of the company\u2019s commercial low Earth orbit ecosystem, including next-generation space transportation, in-space infrastructure, and expandable and tailorable space facilities providing a human presence in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vast-haven-1_hero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vast-haven-1_hero.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artists concept of Vasts Haven-1 commercial space station in low Earth orbit.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vast-haven-1_hero.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/vast-haven-1_hero.jpg?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Artist\u2019s concept of Vast\u2019s Haven-1 commercial space station in low Earth orbit. <strong>Credits: Vast<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>SpaceX is collaborating with NASA on an integrated low Earth orbit architecture to provide a growing portfolio of technology with near-term Dragon evolution and concurrent Starship development. This architecture includes Starship as a transportation and in-space low-Earth orbit destination element supported by Super Heavy, Dragon, and Starlink, and constituent capabilities including crew and cargo transportation, communications, and operational and ground support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Aerospace Services is collaborating with NASA on an in-space servicing technology, propulsion, and robotic technology called the Autonomous Maneuvering Unit (AMU) and the Astronaut Assist-AMU for commercial in-space servicing and mobility applications intended for safer assembly of commercial low Earth orbit destinations, servicing, retrieval, and inspection of in-space systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ThinkOrbital is collaborating with NASA on the development of ThinkPlatforms and CONTESA (Construction Technologies for Space Applications). ThinkPlatforms are self-assembling, single-launch, large-scale orbital platforms that facilitate a wide array of applications in low Earth orbit, including in-space research, manufacturing, and astronaut missions. CONTESA features welding, cutting, inspection, and additive manufacturing technologies, and aids in large-scale in-space fabrication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vast is collaborating with NASA on technologies and operations required for its microgravity and artificial gravity stations. This includes the Haven-1 commercial destination, which will provide a microgravity environment for crew, research, and in-space manufacturing, and the first crewed mission, called Vast-1, to the platform. Development activities for larger space station modules will also take place under the Space Act Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s support for a robust low Earth orbit economy is intended to boost education and job growth in science and engineering, and to spur economic growth through the creation of new space markets. The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/collaborations-for-commercial-space-capabilities-ccsc\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities<\/a> selections in 2014 supported development of four collaborations associated commercial rockets, spacecraft, and spacesuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence in low Earth orbit with astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station. In 2019, NASA adopted a strategy to help achieve the agency\u2019s goal of a low Earth orbit marketplace where NASA is one of many customers and the private sector leads the way. This strategy will enable NASA to continue using low Earth orbit to foster scientific discovery and technology development that both improves life on Earth and advances human exploration into deep space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about NASA initiatives and commercial space, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/leo-economy\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Finch<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br><a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nGary Jordan<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br><a href=\"mailto:gary.j.jordan@nasa.gov\">gary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 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