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  • [ April 29, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
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NASA taps Lockheed Martin to build six more Orion crew capsules

September 23, 2019 Stephen Clark

NASA announced Monday it will order at least six reusable Orion crew capsules from Lockheed Martin for $4.6 billion to fly astronauts to the vicinity of the moon in the 2020s, and the agency said it plans to purchase hardware for up to 12 Orion vehicles by 2030.

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Q&A with Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin’s Orion program manager

May 12, 2016 Stephen Clark

The man in charge of the Orion crew capsule program at Lockheed Martin is a lifelong veteran of the space program, beginning his tenure at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in the late 1970s before taking posts in Washington and joining Lockheed Martin to lead the company’s work on the nation’s new spacecraft for journeys beyond Earth orbit.

News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    April 29, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket
    April 29, 2026
  • Launch preview: SpaceX seeks second attempt at Falcon Heavy launch following weather scrub on Monday
    April 28, 2026
  • ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    April 27, 2026
  • SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch of final ViaSat-3 satellite due to poor weather
    April 27, 2026
  • SpaceX flies 25 Starlink satellites to orbit on its 50th Falcon 9 launch of the year
    April 26, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    April 23, 2026
  • SpaceX launches final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force
    April 21, 2026
  • Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit
    April 20, 2026
  • Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster
    April 19, 2026
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