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Orion spaceship prime contractor Lockheed Martin, its Ares I launcher’s first stage provider Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and engine developer Pratt & Whitney

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) said Wednesday that it has joined with Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to bid on a

NASA internal planning, official’s comments and contractor expectations suggest the much touted goal of manned flights of new crew vehicle Orion before

Officials at Lockheed Martin say the Orion crew vehicle, NASA’s Moon-bound successor to the space shuttle, will combine retro-1960s and cutting-edge aerospace

From Radio Iowa:  NASA’s unveiled plans for its new space vehicle, called Orion, and an Iowa-born astronaut says he’s itching to be

Shares of Lockheed Martin Corp Friday climbed on news of a consortium led by the defense contracting giant having won a contract

NASA recently completed a series of tests that will aid in the design and development of a parachute recovery system for the

Marshall Space Flight Center’s Danny Davis, manager of the Upper Stage of the new Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle, has given a

From the Galveston County Daily News – A day after Lockheed Martin won the bid to build NASA’s next-generation spacecraft, Orion, intriguing

Windsor Locks, Conn.-based Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. in Hartford, has been named to a Lockheed Martin-led team selected

Congressman Ken Calvert offered congratulations to the employees of Lockheed Martin today for developing the winning proposal for NASA’s new spacecraft, the

We are gearing up for the announcement by NASA today which will name the Orion Contractor. The United States begins its next

NASA is marching forward on its plans to go to the moon, Mars and beyond — an agenda enunciated by President Bush

NASA will start converting Kennedy Space Center into a moonport in the spring of 2008, and a new rocket that will launch

NASA Exploration Systems’ managers will host a press conference at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 31, to announce the prime contractor to