T+17: NextSTEP Habitat Prototypes, and the Zombie Centaur

NASA selected six companies, as part of the NextSTEP program, to develop ground prototypes of deep space habitats, and the Centaur could live on as a wet workshop. Orbital ATK pushed OA-5 to late September. SpaceX landed yet another stage on the ASDS, and have up to 9 more launches planned for 2016.

• NextSTEP Pushes Forward to Ground Prototypes - Main Engine Cut Off
• NextSTEP Partners Develop Ground Prototypes to Expand our Knowledge of Deep Space Habitats
• OA-5 Slips to Late September - Main Engine Cut Off
• OA-5 Mission Page
• Gwynne Shotwell at SmallSat: First Raptor Shipped to McGregor - Main Engine Cut Off
• A Look at SpaceX’s Remaining 2016 Manifest - Main Engine Cut Off
• SpaceX successfully launches JCSat-16 satellite, faces crowded end-year manifest - SpaceNews.com
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