NASA Releases COTS Final Report

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NASA Releases COTS Final Report

With two companies now providing commercial cargo launch services for the International Space Station, NASA is issuing its final report on the now-complete Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program that laid the groundwork for those flights.

The report, titled “Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, A New Era in Spaceflight” (NASA/SP-2014-617), documents the work of NASA’s Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO) between 2005 and 2013 to partner with private industry to take over more routine operations in low-Earth orbit. This move toward more cooperative engagement with industry partners allowed NASA to focus more on scientific research, technology development and exploration goals.

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COTS Highlights

Highlights of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program include footage from the SpaceX Dragon and Orbital Sciences Cygnus missions to the International Space Station.

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Source: NASA - Multimedia