United States, Aug. 5 -- NASA has selected six companies to produce studies focused on lower-cost ways to launch and deliver spacecraft of various sizes and forms to multiple, difficult-to-reach orbits.The firm-fixed-price awards comprise nine studies with a maximum total value of approximately $1.4 million. The awardees are:Arrow Science and Technology LLC, Webster, TexasBlue Origin LLC, Merritt Island, FloridaFirefly Aerospace Inc., Cedar Park, TexasImpulse Space Inc., Redondo Beach, CaliforniaRocket Lab, Long Beach, CaliforniaUnited Launch Services LLC, Centennial, ColoradoEach of the six companies will deliver studies exploring future application of orbital transfer vehicles for NASA missions:Arrow will partner with Quantum Space for it...