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Wed Dec 12th, 2007 | Lockheed Martin

Houston, TX, December 12th, 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today the opening of its new space Exploration Development Laboratory in a ceremony dedicating the facility to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Project Orion and Constellation Program. ...
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Thu Sep 13th, 2007 | googlelunarxprize.org

SANTA MONICA, Calif., September 13, 2007 – The X PRIZE Foundation and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million prize purse. Private companies from around the world will compete to land a privately funded rob...
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Fri Sep 1st, 2006 | NASA

NASA selected Thursday Lockheed Martin Corp., based in Bethesda, Md., as the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's spacecraft for a new generation of explorers.
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Wed Aug 23rd, 2006 | nasa.gov

NASA announced Tuesday that its new crew exploration vehicle will be named Orion.
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Mon Jun 19th, 2006 | aviationweek.com

NASA's Astronaut Office is leading a Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) cockpit team to define all CEV piloting elements, including a greater software-based automated operating philos- ophy than on any previous U.S. manned spacecraft.