Lockheed Martin gets a $136 million contract from NASA

Lockheed Martin gets a $136 million contract from NASA

NASA has confirmed that they have awarded a $136.2 million contract to Littleton-based Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services.

This contract is for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and this craft is scheduled for launch aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during a launch window that opens on Oct. 31, 2008.

NASA added that this orbiter would spend a year mapping the moon from an average altitude of approximately 30 miles.

This craft would carry to space six instruments and one technology demonstration to perform investigations specifically to prepare for future human exploration.

These instruments to be loaded on the craft would be supplied by various organizations throughout the United States and Russia.