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Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities (www.nasa.gov)
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NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future commercial and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy.

Through unfunded Space Act Agreements, the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) is designed to advance commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions of technical expertise, assessments, lessons learned, technologies, and data. Structured sharing of NASA expertise demands minimal government resources but fosters development of capabilities that can be crucial to development of a robust low Earth orbit economy.

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[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Northrop Grumman is collaborating with NASA on the company’s Persistent Platform to provide autonomous and robotic capabilities for commercial science research and manufacturing capabilities in low Earth orbit

Oops, all Cygnus.

I hadn't seen this specific small free-flyer before. It looks like a regular Cygnus with a great service module. I can't find anything else online about this, but I always love a new entry in the Cygnus cinematic universe.