Aerojet Rocketdyne (Sacramento, Calif., U.S.) was recently awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin (Littleton, Colo., U.S.) to support production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for Artemis missions three through five, with an option to support missions six through eight with three additional shipsets.The contract for three shipsets of propulsion elements will be managed and performed out of the company’s facility in Redmond, Washington. Work will also be conducted at Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities in Huntsville, Alabama, and Orange County, Virginia.According to the company, Orion’s propulsion system includes the following Aerojet Rocketdyne products:“We have been a part of every crewed mission launched from U.S. soil and are very proud to continue supporting the future of human space exploration,” says Ken Young, general manager of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Redmond operations.