"NASA Grants $100 Million for Private Space Stations"

NASA has awarded nearly $100 million in additional funding to commercial space station partners, including Blue Origin and Voyager Space, to develop concepts for a new orbiting lab as part of the space agency's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations program. The funding will be used for various development milestones focused on operations, assembly, integration, testing, and technology maturation, as well as upgrading Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft to enable it to dock directly with the new space stations. These efforts aim to ensure a smooth transition from the International Space Station to commercial destinations and support training, research, and testing in low Earth orbit.