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Rick Mastracchio, former NASA astronaut and current Director Of Business Development at Northrop Grumman Space Systems, joins me to talk about Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Space Station concept that they are working on as part of NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations program.

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Topics

• Commercial Space Station - Northrop Grumman
• Commercial Space Station Data Sheet - Northrop Grumman
• NASA Selects Companies to Develop Commercial Destinations in Space | NASA
• A Closer Look at Northrop Grumman Commercial Space Station – Parabolic Arc

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