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Lockheed Martin

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Created: 2020-05-16

Updated: 2023-03-04

Company - Lockheed Martin

Founded
Country
1912
USA
Website
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Lockheed Martin

Product/Service - McCandless, MCB

Classification
Cargo Transportation & Landers
Category
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Commercial Lunar Lander
Human Landing System
Fields
Mars
Moon
Nuclear Propulsion
Nuclear Fission Power
Nuclear Power
Status
Concept
First launch
Not announced

Lunar Lander

McCandless Lunar Lander can transport up to 350 kg of cargo to the surface of the Moon and provide up to 400 W of power to operate there.

Solar Power on Moon

NASA has selected three companies to further advance work on deployable solar array systems that will help power the agency’s human and robotic exploration of the Moon under Artemis.

Lunar Rover

General Motors and Lockheed announced in 2021 they were teaming up to work on a new lunar rover that would carry astronauts and their gear on the moon. Now the companies say they could develop a whole lineup of vehicles for work on the moon and that these could be available to commercial space companies, not just NASA. The companies hope to have a vehicle ready and on the moon awaiting astronauts by 2025.

Space Nuclear

Under a program called DRACO, short for demonstration rocket for agile cislunar operations, DARPA wants to demonstrate nuclear thermal propulsion technology — using a nuclear reactor to heat up rocket fuel to generate thrust. DARPA awarded General Atomics a $22 million contract to develop the nuclear reactor. Lockheed Martin’s contract value is $2.9 million and the Blue Origin’s is $2.5 million.

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for a fission surface power system design that could be ready to launch by the end of the decade for a demonstration on the Moon. This technology would benefit future exploration under the Artemis umbrella. The contracts, to be awarded through the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory, are each valued at approximately $5 million. The contracts fund the development of initial design concepts for a 40-kilowatt class fission power system planned to last at least 10 years in the lunar environment.

Blockchain in Space

Lockheed Martin is working with the Filecoin Foundation to demonstrate a blockchain network in space, the organizations announced May 2022 at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Goal of the project is to develop a mission to demonstrate the Interplanetary File System, or IPFS, in space. IPFS is an open-source network that stores information that can be shared by users. The Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that facilitates governance of the Filecoin network — a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and digital payment system that builds on top of the IPFS.

Keeping the status as Concept until there are plans to move into hardware manufacturing with a launch date.

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Product/Service

Classification
Space Utilities
Category
Resources - Energy
Fields
Moon
Status
Concept
First launch
Not announced

Lunar Lander

McCandless Lunar Lander can transport up to 350 kg of cargo to the surface of the Moon and provide up to 400 W of power to operate there.

Solar Power on Moon

NASA has selected three companies to further advance work on deployable solar array systems that will help power the agency’s human and robotic exploration of the Moon under Artemis.

Lunar Rover

General Motors and Lockheed announced in 2021 they were teaming up to work on a new lunar rover that would carry astronauts and their gear on the moon. Now the companies say they could develop a whole lineup of vehicles for work on the moon and that these could be available to commercial space companies, not just NASA. The companies hope to have a vehicle ready and on the moon awaiting astronauts by 2025.

Space Nuclear

Under a program called DRACO, short for demonstration rocket for agile cislunar operations, DARPA wants to demonstrate nuclear thermal propulsion technology — using a nuclear reactor to heat up rocket fuel to generate thrust. DARPA awarded General Atomics a $22 million contract to develop the nuclear reactor. Lockheed Martin’s contract value is $2.9 million and the Blue Origin’s is $2.5 million.

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for a fission surface power system design that could be ready to launch by the end of the decade for a demonstration on the Moon. This technology would benefit future exploration under the Artemis umbrella. The contracts, to be awarded through the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory, are each valued at approximately $5 million. The contracts fund the development of initial design concepts for a 40-kilowatt class fission power system planned to last at least 10 years in the lunar environment.

Blockchain in Space

Lockheed Martin is working with the Filecoin Foundation to demonstrate a blockchain network in space, the organizations announced May 2022 at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Goal of the project is to develop a mission to demonstrate the Interplanetary File System, or IPFS, in space. IPFS is an open-source network that stores information that can be shared by users. The Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that facilitates governance of the Filecoin network — a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and digital payment system that builds on top of the IPFS.

Keeping the status as Concept until there are plans to move into hardware manufacturing with a launch date.

Created: 2023-03-04

Updated: 2023-03-04

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[2] https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/mccandless-lunar-lander.html

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title Type Date Summary
Companies and government agencies announce plans for lunar rover projects News 2021-05-27
Beyond Apollo: Taking One Giant Leap Article 2021-01-01
NASA Selects Developer for Rocket to Retrieve First Samples from Mars News 2022-02-07 [NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado**,** to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet. The award brings NASA a step closer to the first robotic round-trip to bring samples safely to Earth through the Mars Sample Return program.](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-developer-for-rocket-to-retrieve-first-samples-from-mars)
Lockheed Martin’s Joe Landon on the emerging space economy Article 2022-02-14
Why Self-propagating Robots Are the Future of Space Article 2022-09-06

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