NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program has selected seven Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test flights in early September.

NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12 million to two industry teams to study how the introduction of new aircraft types may affect air traffic management efficiency, aviation safety and the environment in the future.

Representatives of 11 space agencies from around the world gathered in Montreal July 10 - 12 to continue the coordination of programs to extend human and robotic presence throughout the solar system.

NASA has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va. The fixed-price contract has a maximum value of $30 million for a three-year base period beginning July 8 and two one-year options.