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Colorado Governor Congratulates Lockheed Martin, ULA on NASA Launch Agreement
GOV. BILL RITTER PRESS RELEASE Gov. Bill Ritter today congratulated two Colorado aerospace companies for winning NASA contracts. Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Denver and United Launch Alliance of...
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Boeing’s Commercial Space Plans Spurred Senate Funding Compromise
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on the pad at Cape Canaveral. (Credit: Chris Thompson/SpaceX) The Washington Post has an excellent summary of NASA’s budget standoff that includes some interesting insights into the...
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As Fate Hangs in the Balance, Lockheed Martin Continues Work on Orion
A production assembly crew lowers a full-scale Orion mockup onto the crew module holding structure during an assembly pathfinding maneuver at the Operations & Checkout Facility at NASA's Kennedy...
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin on NASA Budget: Kaching!
A Boeing CST-100 crew module docks at Bigelow Aerospace's Sundancer space station. (Credit: Boeing) Boeing Statement On Sept. 29, the U.S. Congress passed S. 3729, a bill to authorize NASA programs for...
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Space Workers Laid Off as NASA Picks New Direction, Winds Down Shuttle Program
Space shuttle Atlantis lands on runway 33 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility concluding the STS-129 mission. Photo credit: NASA Jack Pfaller Layoffs began last week at key NASA...
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NASA’s Orion Program Needs Firm Funding
NASA Orion Lockheed, Lawmakers Urge NASA To Fund Orion Development at 2010 Level Space News Lockheed Martin officials along with Colorado lawmakers are warning that NASA’s spending plan for the Orion...
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Lockheed Martin Looks to Outsource Satellite Launches to India
US may outsource lightweight satellite launches to India India Strategic Lockheed Martin, the biggest US defence, aerospace and military technology corporation, broached the subject recently with the...
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ISPCS Session: Crew Transportation Systems
ISPCS Session: Crew Transportation Systems: The Game Changer in Human Spaceflight Brett Alexander – President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation Mark Sirangelo – Corporate Vice President and...
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Aerojet Completes Acceptance Tests on Second Orion Engine
Test firing of Orion's main engine. (Credit: Aerojet) AEROJET PRESS RELEASE Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY – News) company, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin and NASA, successfully completed acceptance...
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Lockheed Martin Funding Hypersonic Research at Hampton University
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE Hampton University’s School of Engineering and Technology was awarded a research contract from Lockheed Martin for $93,000. Dr. Morris H. Morgan, III, professor in...
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Three items have appeared over the past week concerning NASA’s future plans for human space exploration and what type of heavy-lift vehicle it needs to go beyond low Earth orbit. Rand Simberg examines...
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Lockheed Martin Wins $171 Million Contract for ISS Cargo Work
International Space Station NASA PROGRAM UPDATE NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $171 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., for support of International Space...
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Supply and Demand Issues Lead to Spike in U.S. Launch Costs
ULA's Atlas V In my talk with David Livingston on The Space Show last night [listen here], he mentioned a Space News story from last month about a spike in U.S. launch costs that I had missed. I looked...
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First Orion Crew Module Shipped From Michoud for Tests
The Lockheed Martin Orion team at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La., inspects the Orion crew module ground test structure prior to shipping. Photo credit: NASA LOCKHEED MARTIN...
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The Space Show Schedule
This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. Monday, Oct. 10: New Archived Program: This is a 40 plus minute interview with Josh Hopkins of Lockheed Martin from the recent AIAA Space 2011...
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