"Exploring NASA's Commercial Space Capabilities: Key Details Revealed"
NASA has provided details on the plans of several companies that received unfunded Space Act Agreements for commercial space capabilities. Among the selected companies were Blue Origin, which is working on a crewed spacecraft, and SpaceX, which plans to use its Starship vehicle as a commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) destination or space station. Sierra Space proposed a crewed spacecraft and a Pathfinder station using its inflatable module technology. Northrop Grumman received an agreement for a "Persistent Platform" for commercial research and manufacturing. ThinkOrbital and Vast, two startups working on commercial space stations, also received agreements. NASA rejected proposals from five other companies, including Gravitics, Orbital Assembly, and Space Villages.