Lockheed Martin Opens Factory to Build Orion Spacecraft for NASA's Moon, Mars Missions
Fri 16th July 2021 | 02:30 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th July, 2021) Production of the Orion spacecraft for future US missions to the Moon and Mars will take place at a former NASA visitor center converted into a spacecraft factory with a $20 million renovation, Lockheed Martin said.
"Lockheed Martin opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center today. The STAR Center features business and digital transformation innovations that will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA's Orion spacecraft program and ultimately, future space exploration," a company press release said on Thursday.