RIYADH: Lockheed Martin, the US-based aerospace company has confirmed it is one of three partners awarded a $160 million contract by NASA. As per the contract, the company is to design NASA’s Starlab commercial space station as part of the US agency’s Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program, Cobb County Courier reported. The company will be working on the Starlab
NASA granted over $400 million to three US commercial space companies. This move is a part of a bigger plan to enable low-Earth orbit for commercial stations while NASA slowly transitions LEO from the International Space Station.
Blue Origin, the Kent-based space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on Monday touted a vision of building a futuristic commercial space station to replace the aging International Space Station that is funded by governments.
NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to take place no earlier than January 2022.