Lockheed Martin opens STAR Center manufacturing for Orion spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has officially opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center, an advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion spacecraft production.
The STAR Center, says the company, will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA’s Orion spacecraft programme and support future space exploration.
The 55,000 square-foot space – in Titusville, Florida – will be a “digitally-transformed factory of the future” says Lockheed.
“The STAR Center is a spacecraft factory of the future and is the centerpiece of our commitment to build sustainable and affordable capabilities for NASA to send astronauts to explore the Moon and eventually Mars,” said Lisa Callahan, Commercial Civil Space vp and general manager at Lockheed Martin Space.