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NASA sets sail into a promising but perilous future of private space stations

Rendering of Northrop Grumman’s (as yet) unnamed low Earth orbit space station. [credit: Northrop Grumman ] On Thursday afternoon, NASA announced that it had awarded three different teams, each involving multiple companies, more than $100 million apiece to support the design and early development of private space stations in low Earth orbit. This represents a big step […]