NASA isn't planning to award future contracts to the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) or to the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide cargo transport to the International Space Station, NASA announced today. Rather, the U.S. space agency still wishes to obtain commercial transport services from private firms, according to NASA. While some news reports have indicated that NASA is negotiating with JAXA to use the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicles, "NASA has not officially or unofficially been discussing the purchase of…
NASA Still Planning Commercial, Not Japanese, Cargo Transport To Space Station
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