Tag: Mars Base Camp
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Sierra Space, Lockheed Martin create human habitats for missions beyond the moon
Two aerospace companies working in Colorado created competing space products that would allow for humans to live and work in space. Sierra Space, a Louisville-based commercial space company, and Lockheed Martin, which has a large campus southwest of Denver, both created human habitats capable of withstanding space’s harsh conditions. Both issued news releases Tuesday announcing…
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NASA tabs Lockheed Martin to return Mars samples
NASA has awarded a $194 million contract to Lockheed Martin Space to design and build a Mars Ascent Vehicle to bring samples back to Earth, one of three contracts the company secured to support the future mission. The other two involve a lander ship to get the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the red planet’s surface,…