No Government Funding Will Be Used For Its Operation
Researchers will be able to expose experiments to the weightlessness and vacuum of space by using a new commercial platform outside of International Space Station (ISS). NanoRacks, a private company already operating research facilities under a NASA Space Act Agreement for use of the station's U.S. National Laboratory, will develop and operate the External Platform Program (EPP) to take advantage of the only orbiting lab that offers long-term, repeat access to the unique environment of unpressurized space.
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