Philip McAlister

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2007 file photo by Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz, the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Diaz, whose photo of the terrified 6-year-old Cuban boy named Elian Gonzalez earned him the Pulitzer Prize, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, his daughter Aillette Rodriguez-Diaz said. He was 71. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

NASA adapting to, benefiting from more crowded spaceflight industry

The changing dynamic in space exploration is turning out to be mutually beneficial for both NASA and the companies with which it finds itself collaborating.