The Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at an Ohio-based NASA remote testing facility Tuesday to undergo a series of space environment simulation tests. Lockheed, Airbus and the U.S. and European space agencies will collaborate on the two-phase testing effort.
Read More »ATK Hands NASA Webb Telescope Backplane Support Structure for Thermal Tests; David Shanahan Comments
ATK has sent an assembly stand to NASA for thermal tests later this year as part of preparations for the planned 2018 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The company built the primary mirror backplane support structure under a subcontract with Northrop Grumman and designed the structure to carry meteorological tools …
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