Martin Marietta Unit Selected by NASA: A...
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Martin Marietta Unit Selected by NASA: A Martin Marietta Corp. unit has been awarded a $156.6-million contract by NASA to launch the first U.S. spacecraft to Mars since 1976. NASA is scheduled to launch the spacecraft in September, 1992. The contract to the company’s Denver Astronautics Group is seen as an important victory in the competitive commercial space market.
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