Commercial Use of the International Space Station
NASA is laying the foundation for America to maintain a human presence in low Earth orbit in which one day NASA will become one of many customers in a robust commercial marketplace. To realize that goal, NASA has opened the International Space Station (ISS) for business to enable commercial and marketing opportunities on the microgravity laboratory. Since making these opportunities available, there has been a growing demand for commercial and marketing activities from both traditional aerospace companies and from novel industries, demonstrating the benefits of the space station to help catalyze and expand space exploration markets and the low Earth orbit economy.
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How NASA’s Work Led to Commercial Spaceflight Revolution
Implementation Partners to Support Your Project
NASA Interim Directive (NID)
Commercial and Marketing Pricing Policy
Benefits for Humanity: Growing the Low Earth Orbit Economy
As a platform used by small businesses, entrepreneurs, and researchers to test their science and technology in space, the International Space Station has supported development of new and improved products, spawned new commercial ventures, and provided growth for existing ones.
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