Tag: Launch Abort System
-
NASA taps Lockheed Martin to build six more Orion crew capsules
Artist’s illustration of an Orion spacecraft at the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin NASA announced Monday it will order at least six reusable Orion crew capsules from Lockheed Martin for $4.6 billion to fly astronauts to the vicinity of the moon in the 2020s, and the agency said it plans to purchase hardware for up to…