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Today, @NASA provided updates on the progress of its Artemis III mission next year, and to return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028.
Our teams are accelerating Orion spacecraft production to support these missions. The heat shield for Orion Artemis IV already has its 186 tiles installed, ahead of previous schedules.
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The next leap in GPS capability isn't happening in orbit alone. 📡
We're upgrading ground systems to support GPS IIIF payload control and modernizing the software and hardware that keep the GPS enterprise resilient.
Things are heating up for future Artemis missions. 🔥
Post-flight analysis has confirmed the heat shield we designed and built for @NASA’s Orion performed as expected during Artemis II.
Now, we’re applying lessons learned to advance Orion for Artemis III and beyond. 🚀
The future of space is growing in Colorado. 🚀
We're creating up to 1,250 new jobs over the next four years. This investment helps us continue to grow and innovate as we push the bounds of exploration and technology to defend our nation and improve life here on Earth.
The next breakthrough in Mars exploration could be closer than you think.
Building on our heritage with @NASA's InSight and OSIRIS-REx missions, we've developed a streamlined, cost-effective concept to return Perseverance's Martian samples to Earth for scientific study.
With threats looming over the horizon, our answer to those challenges begins and ends with the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI).
Packed with innovative technologies, NGI is the "smartest" solution to homeland missile defense ever created.
Fission power is key to the future of deep-space exploration. 🚀
We're investing our own R&D into advancing this technology and applaud @NASA and @ENERGY's new agreement to accelerate space nuclear power and propulsion.
We’re getting America underway on nuclear power in space and ushering in the era of a Nuclear NASA.
With the signing of an MOU with @ENERGY, we’re taking the next giant leap toward exploring the outer solar system and sending American astronauts to Mars. Fission power will help us travel farther, operate longer, and power more capable scientific instruments.
What will GPS make possible next? 🛰️
This #WorldSpaceWeek, we’re looking ahead at the future of GPS. Learn about emerging use cases for GPS and where this technology could take us next.
At #IAC2026, @NASA's Jeremy Parsons said, “As we turn around now to go straight into Artemis III, we’re seeing about double the speed from what we saw on Artemis II.”
With lessons learned from Artemis II and preparations already underway, teams are pushing the pace toward the next crewed flight of Orion.
Experience and in-house work speeding SLS/Orion preparations for Artemis 3 spacenews.com/experience-and…
The next step toward the Moon starts in low-Earth orbit.
Artemis III will launch four astronauts aboard @NASA's Orion spacecraft to demonstrate critical systems and operations needed for future lunar landings, helping pave the way for Artemis IV and beyond.
This #WorldSpaceWeek, we're looking at what's revolutionizing the future of GPS.
From AR and VR to 3D printing and digital twins, we’re revolutionizing how GPS IIIF satellites are built, accelerating production, reducing costs and delivering critical capabilities faster.
The average blink takes about 300 milliseconds. In that same amount of time, a hypersonic missile can fly the length of seven football fields. đź‘€
Get the "fast" facts about hypersonics, both space and air, in the latest episode of 60-Sec Tech!
A new space revolution is underway. 🚀
This #WorldSpaceWeek, we’re celebrating the innovations transforming what’s possible. From satellites, AI and robotics to advanced sensors, hypersonics, communications and exploration, these technologies are shaping the future of space.
Commanders have seconds to react when a threat emerges, and no single sensor or interceptor can act alone.
The nation's Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) architecture links air, land, sea and space systems to give warfighters the decision advantage when seconds count.
Today, @NASASolarSystem OSIRIS-REx mission officially comes to a close with the end of its sample analysis phase.
From asteroid Bennu to Earth, the spacecraft traveled billions of miles, collected a historic sample and helped unlock new clues about the origins of our solar system.
But the spacecraft’s journey isn’t over.
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Now known as OSIRIS-APEX, it’s headed toward its next destination: asteroid Apophis, continuing a journey of exploration that began more than a decade ago. Learn more: lockheedmartin.com/en-us/new…
We're changing the game for homeland missile defense.
Discover how Space-Based Interceptors (SBI) extend the nation's layered defense systems and stop threats at the earliest possible moment.
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See what the asteroid samples have revealed so far, and learn more about OSIRIS-APEX, the follow-on to OSIRIS-REx, which will study the asteroid Apophis after its rare close encounter with Earth in 2029. science.nasa.gov/mission/osi…
Stuck the landing!
Three years ago today, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released a sample capsule at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere to land perfectly upright in the Utah desert.
The capsule held a record amount of pristinely captured rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu. Scientists have studied the extraterrestrial sample, learning it contains all the ingredients key to life.
ALT A black, cone-shaped spacecraft reentry capsule sits upright, with its pointed end stuck slightly into the wet sand of a desert plain dotted with low green shrubs. Pale mountains rise in the distance beneath a clear blue sky. The capsule appears intact after landing, standing out against the light-colored, sandy terrain.