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International Space Station Commercial Opportunities

A Nasdaq moderator, center, talks with NASA Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development Phil McAlister, left
A Nasdaq moderator, center, talks with NASA Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development Phil McAlister, left

Allan Schoenberg, VP of Global Corporate Communications, Nasdaq, center, talks with NASA Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development Phil McAlister, left, ISS National Lab Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Shields, NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Chair Mike Gold, and NASA Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Integration Doug Comstock, right, during a live social media event shortly after NASA announced a five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost.