NASA and Industry Collaborate to Advance Space Exploration

NASA has announced partnerships with seven companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, to support the development of new commercial capabilities. The agreements, made under NASA's Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative, will provide the companies with technical expertise, assessments and data to assist in the development of new capabilities. Blue Origin will work on an "integrated commercial space transportation capability" while SpaceX will work on an "integrated low Earth orbit architecture" involving both its Dragon and Starship vehicles, which could be used as a commercial space station.