[Satellite Today – 06-06-08] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) signed a deal with NASA to improve mission critical software systems, the company said June 5. 
    Under a Space Act Agreement, SpaceX will work to advance mission- and safety-critical software used for sending SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
    SpaceX will work with NASA’s Independent Verification & Validation Facility in Fairmont, W.Va., and , Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.