Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space systems business, has been named one of the nominees for the Via Satellite magazine’s 2017 Satellite Executive of the Year award. Via Satellite said the nomination seeks to acknowledge Ambrose’s ability to advance innovation in the company’s operations, bring new business opportunities …
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Lockheed Martin has unveiled at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia a new concept that seeks to bring astronauts to Mars in about 10 years. The Mars Base Camp concept involves a mission architecture that focuses on an orbital outpost designed to help astronauts carry out scientific studies and explore …
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Lockheed Martin has begun to develop a prototype of a deep space habitat for NASA designed to provide navigation support and ensure safety of astronauts during long-duration missions. Lockheed is one of the six companies that received Phase II contracts in August 2016 to further develop the design concept in …
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NASA has awarded a total of $100,000 to the two top scorers under the printing stage of the space agency’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Teams from Foster + Partners and the University of Alaska received $85,930 and $14,070, respectively, for gaining the highest points among seven participants of the level 1 compression test competition, NASA said …
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Matt Simon, habitation lead for NASA’s Evolvable Mars Campaign, has said the agency wants a similar structure for future deep space modules that will serve as transit and surface habitats for Mars and moon explorations, Ars Technica reported Wednesday. Eric Berger writes Simon told the publication deep space habitats from the Next …
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has discussed two initiatives the space agency has launched in an effort to establish the foundation for NASA’s Journey to Mars project and other deep space missions. Bolden wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that NASA established partnerships with private companies to advance research projects …
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Boeing has unveiled a new facility in Houston designed to allow NASA astronauts and mission control staff to train on various space flight operations through a simulator, the Houston Business Journal reported Wednesday. The company’s Space Training, Analysis and Review facility that officially opened Tuesday is built to facilitate crew training …
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