Space Exploration | Lockheed Martin

NASA asked the aerospace industry to get astronauts to the surface of the Moon, and weve rolled up our sleeves and are taking the challenge head-on. Lockheed Martin is partnered with Blue Origin, who assembled a national team to respond to this national priority. Other members of the National Team include Northrop Grumman and Draper.

Working together for over a year, the teams integrated approach leverages our combined heritage and advanced work on individual elements of the Artemis Human Landing System (HLS). We feel strongly this is our nations best path to send humans to the surface of the Moon.

We bring experience in designing and manufacturing Orion, and four decades of experience in building more deep space spacecraft than all other U.S. companies combined.

The best way to safely and quickly accomplish a lunar landing is to leverage existing human-rated deep space technology from Orion for the landers crewed ascent element. 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. Think of it as Orion inside.

By using proven Orion avionics, software, life support, crew interfaces, mission operations, astronaut training and an established world-class supply chain,we can meet NASAs goal of returning to the Moon this time to stay.

Theres no need to start with a clean sheet. Using existing and in-development systems will allow NASA to capture economies of scale and ensure compatibility with other elements of the Artemis architecture.

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Space Exploration | Lockheed Martin