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NASA has selected 20 research and technology proposals — valued at $15 million — from 19 American small businesses.

As NASA nears the launch of its Parker Solar Probe, the agency will host a series of media briefings beginning Wednesday, Aug. 8. These briefings, as well as special programs, the launch on Saturday, Aug. 11, and a postlaunch news conference all will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 8, to announce new public-private partnerships that will develop commercial space capabilities and benefit future NASA exploration missions.

NASA has selected PAE-SGT Partners LLC (PSP) of Arlington, Virginia, to provide institutional support services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA facilities at its neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station – an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011.