News Archive / Tagged: Lockheed-Martin

• NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship

  Curt GodwinApril 15th, 2019

  When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance.

• Lockheed Martin unveils Orion-based Moon lander concept

  Heather SmithApril 11th, 2019

  Lockheed Martin unveiled designs for a lunar lander that could be built quickly to meet the vice president's challenge to return humans to the Moon by 2024.

• Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter

  Jason RhianNovember 19th, 2018

  The planned Nov. 15 flight of the NG-10 mission to the ISS was delayed two days while NASA waited for a powerful storm to pass. The mission wasn't the only thing held back by bad weather however.

• Orion spacecraft hardware & safety procedures readied for Exploration Mission 1

  Jason RhianNovember 8th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Europe's contribution to NASA's Orion spacecraft has arrived in Florida. But that's not the only event relating to Orion that has taken place recently.

• Orion’s European Service Module makes its debut at Kennedy Space Center

  Joe LatrellOctober 27th, 2018

  NASA's Exploration Mission 1 is just over the horizon, but it wouldn't be able to fly to the Moon without a critical component developed from a surprising source.

• AEHF-4 packed and ready for launch atop powerful Atlas V

  Jason RhianOctober 10th, 2018

  The AEHF-4 satellite's launch date is just around the corner and a recent milestone has the spacecraft buttoned up and ready to fly.

• Lockheed Martin seeks commercial participation on Orion flights

  Curt GodwinOctober 9th, 2018

  Could Lockheed Martin's Orion spacecraft be used for commercial purposes? A new proposal suggests it can.

• Lockheed martin unveils reusable lander to pair with Lunar Gateway

  Joe LatrellOctober 4th, 2018

  Lockheed Martin has proposed a reusable lunar lander that could reignite exploration of the surface of the Moon by humans.

• NASA/NOAA open investigation into GOES 17 Anomaly

  Jason RhianOctober 2nd, 2018

  What impact will the problem discovered on the GOES 17 have on the satellite's operations?

• Launched in January, SBIRS GEO-3 reaches operational status

  Joe LatrellSeptember 17th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — GEO-3, the latest Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation, has achieved operational acceptance from the U.S. Air Force Space Command.

• Orion parachutes complete series of tests in lead up to EM-1

  Jason RhianSeptember 13th, 2018

  The last in a series of eight planned tests of NASA's Orion spacecraft was completed on Wednesday, Sept. 12 - paving the way for the first combined flight of Orion and the new super heavy-lift booster.

• What goes out, must come back: NASA moves Mobile Launcher to VAB for year of work leading to EM-1

  Curt GodwinSeptember 9th, 2018

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After journeying out to Launch Pad 39B for several days of fit checks and tests, NASA has rolled the 11-million pound (4.99-million kilogram) Mobile Launcher (ML) back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for further work.

• Capsule for first Orion spacecraft designed to carry crew built and delivered to KSC

  Jason RhianAugust 31st, 2018

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- NASA and Lockheed Martin are preparing for the first crewed flight of the agency's "exploration-class" spacecraft, Orion, on a mission that should see astronauts return to a trajectory their colleagues have not ventured to in more than 45 years. This latest milestone saw components that will comprise the spacecraft assembled and shipped to Kennedy Space Center.

• GPS III Satellite shipped to the Cape in preparation for flight

  Jason RhianAugust 28th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Lockheed Martin has shipped the first GPS III satellite, touted as being harder-to-jam, to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station located in Florida in preparation for flight. 

• OSIRIS-REx – marks the spot

  Jason RhianAugust 25th, 2018

  NASA provided an update on Friday, Aug. 24, about the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. By all accounts of the experts working on the expedition to the asteroid Bennu - things are going very well.