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We are now protecting the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the latest mission to Mars landing February 2021. Our propulsive landing systems help Mars landers, including Viking, Phoenix and now InSight, touch down safely. Landing on Mars means guiding a spacecraft like InSight more than 300 million miles to a select point in the Martian atmosphere that’s only 15 miles wide-that’s like hitting a hole-in-one from 2,100 miles away. That extensive experience means that our engineers-built InSight with the most advanced technology and lessons learned from previous Mars missions. ![]() Lockheed Martin is the only company that has built a spacecraft that has successfully landed on Mars…and we have done it four times. Beginning with NASA’s inaugural Viking missions to Mars in the 1970s, we have participated in every NASA mission to the planet since. InSight is NASA's 21st Mars mission and the 11th Mars spacecraft Lockheed Martin has manufactured. Using existing and in-development systems will allow NASA to capture economies of scale and ensure compatibility with other elements of the Artemis architecture. There’s no need to start with a clean sheet. Think of it as Orion inside.īy using proven Orion avionics, software, life support, crew interfaces, mission operations, astronaut training and an established world-class supply chain, we can meet NASA’s goal of returning to the Moon - this time to stay. ![]() Just like the Orion crew module, the ascent element is where astronauts will fly during the descent and ascent, and live while on the surface for days and weeks. The best way to safely and quickly accomplish a lunar landing is to leverage existing human-rated deep space technology from Orion for the lander’s crewed ascent element. We bring experience in designing and manufacturing Orion, and four decades of experience in building more deep space spacecraft than all other U.S. We feel strongly this is our nation’s best path to send humans to the surface of the Moon. Working together for over a year, the team’s integrated approach leverages our combined heritage and advanced work on individual elements of the Artemis Human Landing System (HLS). Other members of the National Team include Northrop Grumman and Draper. Lockheed Martin is partnered with Blue Origin, who assembled a national team to respond to this national priority. ![]() NASA asked the aerospace industry to get astronauts to the surface of the Moon, and we’ve rolled up our sleeves and are taking the challenge head-on.
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