It has signed agreements with three U.S. companies “to enable a robust, American-led commercial economy in low-Earth orbit”.
The leading companies receiving the awards are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington ($130 million), Nanoracks LLC, of Houston ($160 million) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia ($125.6 million).
“Building on our successful initiatives to partner with private industry to deliver cargo, and now our NASA astronauts, to the International Space Station, NASA is once again leading the way to commercialize space activities,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
