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  • Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Spacecraft Lands on Mars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Spacecraft Lands on Mars

    A spacecraft that Lockheed Martin built for NASA’s Mars exploration mission landed Monday on the red planet’s surface. The InSight Mars Lander made its descent on Elysium Planitia in the planet’s equatorial region and transmitted a tone through its X-band small deep space transponder seven minutes after the spacecraft’s landing, Lockheed said Monday. The spacecraft […] More

  • ULA Rocket Launches Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Mars Lander for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Rocket Launches Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Mars Lander for NASA

    A Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft for NASA‘s Mars mission lifted off Saturday aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander is scheduled to reach Mars on Nov. 26 and perform scientific investigations through Nov. 24, 2020, NASA said Saturday. The […] More