Artist's concept of a Ceres Robotics commercial lunar lander on the Moon. Ceres Robotics, one of five companies NASA selected in November for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, was one of the Founder Institute's first space companies.

The Founder Institute, an accelerator with operations in 180 cities globally, is establishing a new program with ties to the NASA Ames Research Center.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...