Two Washington state companies have won grants of up to $750,000 each from NASA to take space-related technologies they're already working on to the next stage of development. The awards to Renton-based Stoke Space Technologies and Bellevue-based Sequoia Scientific are part of the latest batch of NASA Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grants. Nationwide, $105 million in awards were allocated to 140 projects proposed by 127 small businesses spread across 34 states and Washington, D.C. The aim of the program is to encourage the development of innovations that could contribute to NASA's efforts in human exploration, space technology, science... Read More