28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
... also gave us insight into how we could improve the way we build this essential element of the spacecraft.” Lockheed Martin Orion, NASA's next generation spacecraft, will take astronauts Beyond Low-Earth Orbit (BLEO) and into...
11 April 2016
The 32nd Space Symposium Opens
... Halawi (CEO, Thuraya), dr. Brad Tousley (Director, Tactical Technology Office, DARPA), Christina Bain (systems engineer, Lockheed Martin) and many others. The Symposium's program will also include a presentation of the General James E. Hill Lifetime...
04 July 2016
JUNO's orbit insertion phase starts soon!
... burn is performed in view of Earth, allowing its progress to be monitored by the mission teams at NASA JPL and Lockheed Martin Space Systems via signal reception by Deep Space Network antennas in Goldstone, California, and Canberra, Australia. All...
09 September 2016
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its way to study Bennu after successful launch Thursday
...The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is happy and healthy,” said Rich Kuhns, OSIRIS-REx program manager for Lockheed Martin, at a post-launch press conference. “It is working absolutely as we designed it.” The mission plans for OSIRIS-REx to go to Bennu, a near...
15 May 2017
Electron rocket gets ready for first flight test
... Beck, Rocket Lab is a private company with major investors including Data Collective, Promus Ventures and Lockheed Martin, amongst others. Its mission is “to remove the barriers to commercial space by providing frequent launch opportunities to low...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
.... Past launches have taken place with the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., via its Atlas V rockets. Now the OTV will hitch a lift on a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that...
