Author: Jane Edwards|| Date Published: July 31, 2019
NASA has selected 13 companies that will work with the space agencys centers to further develop space technologies for use in future lunar and Mars exploration missions.
The agency said Wednesday the firms selected through the Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity will develop technologies across technology focus areas as part of Space Act Agreements: advanced communications, navigation and avionics; advanced materials; entry, descent and landing; in-space manufacturing and assembly; power; propulsion and other exploration technologies.
The companies are:
Advanced Space
Aerogel Technologies
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD)
Anasphere
Bally Ribbon Mills
Blue Origin
Colorado Power Electronics
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR)
Sierra Nevada
SpaceX
Spirit AeroSystems
Vulcan Wireless
The companies will work with NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Glenn Research Center, Langley Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center.
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