On June 15, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its intention to partner with seven U.S. aerospace companies in order to advance human spaceflight and the commercial low-Earth orbit economy.
The agency stated in a press release that these partnerships — done through the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) along with unfunded Space Act Agreements — are designed to ultimately benefit commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions. This will include the sharing of technical expertise, data, assessments, and other technologies.