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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

  • Lockheed-Made InSight Spacecraft Passes Halfway Mark in Journey Towards Mars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Made InSight Spacecraft Passes Halfway Mark in Journey Towards Mars

    A Lockheed Martin-made spacecraft designed to study Mars’ deep interior has traveled halfway towards the red planet. NASA said Tuesday the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodsey and Heat Transport or InSight spacecraft covered 172M miles since it was launched in May aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. […] More