NanoRacks' proposed airlock paves way for a more commercial ISS

NanoRacks' proposed airlock paves way for a more commercial ISS

In early February, NASA accepted a proposal from NanoRacks to send the first commercial airlock to the International Space Station in 2019. This milestone is only the latest of many that has seen the orbiting laboratory gain increased commercial use.

Houston-based NanoRacks has been sending small satellites to be deployed out of the Japanese Kibo airlock for seven years now. The airlock, however, is only big enough to send out things that are about the combined size of a small refrigerator.

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What a Trump administration means for the ISS

What a Trump administration means for the ISS

With the 2016 election now over, Donald Trump has been elected to be the 45th president of the United States. Now the long process of creating a transition team and appointing some 4,000 people to various positions begins. But what does that mean for NASA, specifically, the International Space Station?

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