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This week, NASA officially announced that NanoRacks will be adding an airlock onto the International Space Station to add capabilities and capacity to their already-up-and-running business. That announcement, along with some early insight into NASA policy in 2017, got me thinking about commercial opportunities within government programs, beyond Commercial Cargo and Crew.

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• NASA Announces Acceptance of NanoRacks Airlock Proposal - Main Engine Cut Off
• T+20: Mike Johnson, Chief Designer at NanoRacks on NanoRacks’ History, NextSTEP, and Wet Workshops - Main Engine Cut Off
• Issue #13 - Main Engine Cut Off
• NextSTEP Pushes Forward to Ground Prototypes - Main Engine Cut Off
• NASA Releases RFI for EM-2 Payload - Main Engine Cut Off
• Video from Orbital ATK Featuring Cygnus-Derived Habitats - Main Engine Cut Off
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