Orion Space Solutions will commence the design assembly, integration and testing of a small spacecraft constellation designed to support the U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory's Tetra-5 program following the conclusion of the critical design review process. Under the Tetra-5 program, Orion is building three small satellites to operate in geostationary Earth orbit for a two-year mission to demonstrate multi-agent autonomous docking capabilities for on-orbit refueling, the company said Tuesday.

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Leidos has booked a $14.1 million follow-on contract with NASA for the building of laser air monitoring systems to be used in future Artemis missions. The 19-month extension increases the total contract value to $37.8 million, which covers fabrication and delivery of four main LAMS units and one spare for the Artemis III, IV and V programs, the company said Tuesday.

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Orion Space Solutions has established a consortium of experts from the government, industry and academia to advance the development of quantum technology for space and national defense applications. The Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation will facilitate research, development and deployment of an integrated ecosystem of quantum spacecraft, sensors and data platforms to address current and […] More

Orion Space Solutions has established a consortium of experts from the government, industry and academia to advance the development of quantum technology for space and national defense applications. The Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation will facilitate research, development and deployment of an integrated ecosystem of quantum spacecraft, sensors and data platforms to address current and future needs in cislunar space. More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $67 million contract to procure additional engines and motors for the Orion spacecraft ahead of the space vehicle’s moon missions. The award extends the 2019 Orion Production and Operations Contract and will cover three service module auxiliary engine sets and three jettison motors, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday. Work will […] More

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft returned to Earth and made a parachute-assisted splashdown on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean after 25.5 days of traveling around the moon as part of the Artemis I mission. Artemis I is an unmanned flight test that took off on Nov. 16 from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s uncrewed Orion capsule has surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by a human-rated spacecraft, CNN reported Monday. NASA confirmed that the capsule, which launched Nov. 16 aboard the Space Launch System powered by Boeing‘s core stage, has so far flown 270,000 miles from Earth. The distance is more than 40,000 miles past the […] More

Orion Space Solutions has secured a contract from the U.S. Space Force to build three small satellites to support a program aimed at demonstrating commercial technology capabilities in space. The company said Tuesday it will work other aerospace companies Booz Allen Hamilton, Scout Space and Hera Systems to develop and deploy new satellites to geostationary […] More

The Space Systems Command has awarded Orion Space Solutions a $44.5 million other transaction agreement to create small prototype spacecraft for a U.S. Space Force experiment designed to test refueling service and autonomous collaboration approaches in orbit. Under the OTA, Orion Space will perform spacecraft  Louisville, Colorado-based Orion will help build a constellation of up […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Amazon and Cisco to equip NASA’s Orion spacecraft with human-machine interface technologies designed to allow for deep space voice and video communications. The Callisto technology would use Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant and Cisco’s Webex video conferencing platform to demonstrate communications as NASA prepares Orion for the Artemis I uncrewed mission, […] More

Jacobs and NASA have installed 10 CubeSat payloads on the Space Launch System rocket’s Orion stage adapter for the Artemis exploration program’s first flight mission. The secondary payloads will deploy from the Orion spacecraft’s stage adapter after separation from SLS to perform their individual science and technology missions, Jennifer Harbaugh, a senior social media communications […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a new Florida-based facility modernized using an approximately $20 million investment and designed to speed up the production of lunar spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions. The Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource Center is a 55,000 sq. ft space that features advanced manufacturing capabilities and digital technologies for developing components of the […] More