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Strengthening America’s Space Supply Chain

Technicians at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans lift the core stage that will help launch the first crewed flight of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the agency’s Artemis II mission.

In partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital (NOSC) is launching a multi-year initiative to strengthen the commercial space supply chain. Building on the SBA’s proven Small Business Investment Company framework, the partnership channels a combination of public and private capital to American-owned small businesses on which NASA’s missions depend. This approach helps companies scale manufacturing, attain certification, and integrate into a growing space economy. Under this partnership, NASA will define the strategic technology priorities and critical supply chain needs, while the SBA will license and oversee the private investment funds that deploy capital.

By focusing on the building blocks of the space economy, the initiative reinforces the supply chains that support NASA’s mission priorities, and it advances President Trump’s National Space Policy and the objectives set forth on Ignition Day. To help guide this investment, NASA has identified a set of Investment Focus Areas. These focus areas are reviewed annually and will be updated as mission needs evolve, ensuring that public and private capital continues to flow toward technologies most essential to a resilient, domestic space industrial base.

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NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy

NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative to increase investment in American manufacturers of industrial components and providers of technologies critical to space exploration to support a sustained presence on the Moon and Mars.

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler shake hands, smiling at the camera, with signed agreements held up.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler, left, pose for a photo after signing a Memorandum of Agreement Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. This Memorandum of Agreement will provide the framework for NASA and the Small Business Administration Office of Investment and Innovation to support the growth of the Small Business Investment Company-NASA Initiative.
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Investment Focus Areas

Jun 29, 2026

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Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after the full moon. As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the Moon now reflects the Moon’s light. The lighted side appears to shrink, but the Moon’s orbit is simply carrying it out of view from our perspective. The Moon also rises later and later each night.
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