NASA is also leveraging industry to reinvent ground operations for a flexible, multiuser spaceport, providing launch services for both government and commercial
partners. Launch complex assets once used for the space shuttle have been
modernized for next-generation transportation systems. Many of these assets also
provide opportunities for the commercial space industry. For example, Boeing's
Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner commercial spacecraft is processed
in the former NASA orbiter processing facility, and SpaceX plans to use Launch
Complex 39A, a former space shuttle launch pad, for commercial heavy-lift launch
vehicles. These and other innovative commercial partnerships have reshaped the
way NASA provides launch services through a multi-user spaceport.
An Orbital ATK Cygnus approaches the ISS during its demonstration flight in September 2013.
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