C3PO

Commercial Crew and Cargo Program
Commercial Crew & Cargo Program

The C3PO will extend human presence in space by enabling an expanding and robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry.

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COTS

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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

C3PO is responsible for managing NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) projects.

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Exploration History

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This Month in Exploration

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Overview

    NASA’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Program is investing financial and technical resources to stimulate efforts within the private sector to develop and demonstrate safe, reliable, and cost-effective space transportation capabilities. The Program manages Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) partnership agreements with U.S. industry totaling $500M for commercial cargo transportation demonstrations and is investing $50M towards commercial crew development initiatives.

Featured Stories

NASA Picks CCDev Winners

CCDev

Blue Origin, Boeing, Paragon, Sierra Nevada, and ULA Selected for Commercial Crew Development Awards

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Castor-30 Motor is Successfully Tested

Castor 30 Motor is Tested

Orbital Sciences Corp. Successfully Test Fires Second Stage Motor of Taurus 2

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Orbital Selects Dutch Space for Solar Arrays

Dutch Space Solar Arrays on Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft

Orbital Sciences Selects Solar Array Supplier for Cygnus Spacecraft

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Falcon 9 First and Second Stages Complete Acceptance

SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage is accepted for first launch

Space Exploration Technologies has completed acceptance testing for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle first and second stages.

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C3PO Related Sites

  • SpaceX Logo

    SpaceX  →

    SpaceX aims to change the space paradigm by developing a family of launch vehicles which will ultimately reduce the cost and increase the reliability of space access by a factor of ten.

  • Orbital Logo Black

    Orbital  →

    Founded in 1982, the company has pioneered new classes of rockets, satellites and other space-based technologies that help make the benefits of space more affordable, accessible and useful to millions of people on Earth.

  • PlanetSpace Logo

    PlanetSpace  →

    PlanetSpace with headquarters in Chicago is part of the new emerging space commercialization business.

  • SpaceDev Logo

    SpaceDev  →

    SpaceDev's mission is to further the exploration and utilization of space in ways previously unimagined by bringing the very best to bear to the challenge.

  • ISS Assembly Sequence

    ISS

    A human outpost in space bringing nations together for the benefit of life on Earth and beyond.

  • IPP

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    IPP provides needed technology and capabilities for NASA’s Mission Directorates, Programs and Projects through investments and partnerships with Industry, Academia, Government Agencies and National Laboratories.