Space Station Cargo Contracts on This Week @NASA – January 15, 2016

On Jan. 14, NASA announced it has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024. The agency unveiled its selection of Orbital ATK; Sierra Nevada Corporation; and SpaceX to continue building on the initial resupply partnerships with two American companies. Also, Space station spacewalk, Juno breaks distance record, New Ceres images reveal details, Space Launch System progress and NASA-developed software in self-driving cars!