As NASA gets set to return to the moon in 2024 and head to Mars several years later, the space agency awarded a number of U.S.
companies with contracts worth $370 million to help make these plans happen. The contracts, awarded on Wednesday, are for a variety of different initiatives, including cryogenic fluid management and "the first LTE/4G communications system in space." “NASA's significant investment in innovative technology demonstrations, led by small and large U.S.
businesses across nine states, will expand what is possible in space and on the lunar surface,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in a statement.
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