Lockheed Martin Astronautics will draw on its experience with the highly successful Mars Global Surveyor to build NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Lockheed Martin Astronautics will draw on its experience with the highly successful Mars Global Surveyor to build NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, set for launch in 2005. NASA awarded the Denver-based unit of the company a $145-million contract Oct. 3 to develop the spacecraft, which will carry a...

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