Looking to rush new space technologies to the shelves in five years or fewer, NASA on Dec. 23 announced it awarded unfunded Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities space act agreements to four U.S. companies.

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...