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SSTL supplied the platform for the RemoveDEBRIS technology demonstration mission, which is due to launch from the ISS in 2018.

Orbital ATK and SpaceX will deliver an estimated 93,800 kg of cargo to the ISS over 31 missions under the CRS contracts awarded in 2008 for a total cost of $5,930,000,000.

The House Appropriations Committee statement identifies $150,000,000 in the LEO and spaceflight operations account to begin transition of the ISS to commercial alternatives as funded in the bill.

NASA accepted the GAO recommendation to develop a contingency plan for ISS access if there are further commercial crew delays and committed to complete that plan by the end of December 2018.

NASA signaled plans in 2016 to award an ISS port to a private module but has not yet awarded such a port.

Lockheed Martin partnered with NanoRacks in part because NanoRacks has extensive experience flying experiments to the International Space Station and deploying satellites from the ISS.

NASA sought a low Earth orbit commercialization program in its 2019 budget request that could lead to installation of commercial modules on the ISS and later commercial space stations.

Two of the five Soyuz seats purchased from Boeing were used to augment the NASA crew on the ISS in 2017 and 2018.

NASA’s last Soyuz seat contract signed in 2015 covered Soyuz seats on missions to the ISS through 2018.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the ISS on 2019-04-26 from Florida.

Sierra Nevada Corporation is developing the Dream Chaser vehicle and plans its first cargo mission to the ISS in 2021.

NASA intends to spend $561,000,000 across both NextSTEP appendices to support development of commercial ISS modules and free-flyers.

Sierra Nevada Corporation selected Vulcan to launch six Dream Chaser missions to the ISS under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract awarded by NASA in 2016.

Airbus will host the Xen-Hub terminal on the Bartolomeo platform and will provide certification, integration, and flight processing support, including participation in NASA’s ISS safety review process.

Northrop Grumman (which acquired Orbital ATK in 2018) operates Cygnus spacecraft under NASA cargo resupply programs to deliver supplies and experiments to the ISS and to return or dispose of cargo.

When NASA issued the request for proposals in June, the agency projected making $561,000,000 available for both the ISS docking port solicitation and a separate solicitation to support development of a free-flying commercial facility.

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform was launched and robotically attached to the ISS Columbus module in 2020.

Airbus’ Bartolomeo platform was launched and robotically attached to the ISS Columbus Module in 2020.

Bartolomeo is an Airbus investment into ISS infrastructure that enables hosting of up to 12 external payloads in the space environment.

The Galileo Competence Center of the German Aerospace Center (DLR-GK) and Airbus signed a €16.8 million contract for hosting DLR’s COMPASSO mission on the ISS Bartolomeo platform.