Orbital Sciences Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA. Orbital is developing the Antares launch vehicle and Cygnus visiting vehicle.
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C3PO
Commercial Crew & Cargo Program
The C3PO will extend human presence in space by enabling an expanding and robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry.
COTS
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
C3PO is responsible for managing NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) projects.
CCDev
Commercial Crew Development
Commercial Crew Development is a NASA investment that will aid in the development and demonstration of safe, reliable, and cost-effective space transportation capabilities.
Commercial Transportation
The Commercial Spaceflight theme encompasses completion of commercial cargo capability milestones and will expand NASA's efforts to develop commercial crew capability to LEO and the ISS.
Commercial Crew Program
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is an innovative partnership to help the United States industry develop space transportation systems that can safely launch astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and other low Earth orbit destinations.
ISS
International Space Station Program (ISS)
A human outpost in space bringing nations together for the benefit of life on Earth and beyond.
COTS Partners
Orbital
Space Exploration Technologies
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) from El Segundo, CA was established by Elon Musk in 2002. SpaceX is designing and building the Falcon 9 human-rated launch vehicle and Dragon spaceship.