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News Published on 12/20/2019
NASA X-59 supersonic research aircraft cleared for final assembly

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to complete construction of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft’s systems in late 2020, with first flights in 2021.

Article Published on 08/12/2020
Composites launch to Mars

NASA’s recently launched Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are supported by numerous composite materials and structures.

News Published on 08/11/2015
NASA to build biggest composite rocket parts ever made

The robotic system is part of the Composites Technology Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.

News Published on 11/02/2018
NASA project looks to carbon nanotube composite materials

The Super-lightweight Aerospace Composites (SAC) project seeks to scale up the manufacturing and use of carbon nanotube composite materials for rockets and spacecraft.

News Published on 09/24/2019
NASA awards Lockheed Martin long-term Orion production contract

The contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that includes a commitment to order a minimum of six and a maximum of 12 Orion spacecraft over the next ten years.

Article Published on 03/03/2016
First 3D woven composite for NASA thermal protection systems

A NASA-led team develops 3D woven quartz preform, hybrid process to infuse it with cyanate ester resin (0.5% voids) and achieves TRL5 in three years to replace CF/phenolic in the Orion spacecraft’s compression pads.

News Published on 01/15/2016
NASA selects Sierra Nevada for Space Station Cargo transport contract

These Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contracts are designed to obtain cargo delivery services to the space station, disposal of unneeded cargo, and the return of research samples and other cargo from the station back to NASA. 

News Published on 08/08/2018
NASA assigns commercial space craft crews

The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight and mission of both Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

News Published on 07/17/2019
NASA funds Made In Space project to 3D print spacecraft components in orbit

Made In Space’s Archinaut One spacecraft will demonstrate the ability to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.

News Published on 12/08/2014
NASA's Orion completes first spaceflight test

NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft completed its first voyage to space on Dec. 5, traveling farther than any spacecraft designed for astronauts has been in more than 40 years.

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