NASA's Most Impactful Commercial Partnerships

NASA leverages commercial partnerships for critical missions, including cargo and crew transport to the ISS and developing lunar landers for the Artemis program.

The top 3

  1. Commercial Crew Program Partners: NASA partners with SpaceX and Boeing for the Commercial Crew Program, enabling the transport of astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
  2. Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Providers: SpaceX and Northrop Grumman are key commercial resupply service providers, delivering cargo and scientific investigations to the International Space Station under NASA contracts.
  3. Artemis Lunar Lander Development Partners: For the Artemis program, NASA is partnering with commercial companies like SpaceX (Starship HLS) and Blue Origin (Blue Moon Mark 2) to develop human landing systems for returning astronauts to the Moon.

Sources

Open the full topic