September 2014 – Office of Space Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.2 Million to Support Innovation and the Development of a Space Industry Cluster in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Posted on September 22, 2014 Posted in Business with the Government Tagged with EDA, grant, space transportation

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.2 million to the University of Texas at Brownsville. The EDA investment will help build a high-tech business incubation facility that will spur …

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Commercial Crew Transportation Contracts Announced

Posted on September 16, 2014 Posted in Business with the Government Tagged with ISS, NASA, space transportation

Today, NASA announced its selection of Boeing and SpaceX to transport U.S. crews to and from the International Space Station using their CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, respectively. Under contracts worth a combined total of $6.6 billion, each company will …

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Month: September 2014

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.2 Million to Support Innovation and the Development of a Space Industry Cluster in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Commercial Crew Transportation Contracts Announced