NASA is currently working to cede the responsibility of sending astronauts to the space station to private firms Boeing and SpaceX as it works with Boeing and Lockheed-Martin to launch crews to the Moon, Mars and other deep space destinations. The company provides electronics, mission systems integration, C5I products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. defense contractor and industrial corporation with some 63,000 employees. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Raytheon Company is a major U.S. Today, we provide end-to-end support to NASA and the U.S. “Raytheon technology beamed back the first images from the lunar surface and delivered Neil Armstrong’s famous transmission, ‘One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ In the decades since, Raytheon has become a leader in dozens of space-related specialties, from helping launch satellites to space system cybersecurity. The contract is just the latest awarded to Raytheon, with the company having contributed to space flight from the earliest days of the Space Age, with Raytheon providing the guidance computers that steered some of the first of NASA’s capsules, including Apollo 11. “Raytheon-backed training will also continue to be paramount as Orion and the Commercial Crew Program launch humans further into space,” Appel said. soil again, both to the ISS on commercially-produced spacecraft and NASA’s deep space aspirations. The new contract is thought to be critical to the future of the U.S. human space flight program as it encompasses preparations for launching astronauts from U.S. The company works to help NASA to lower operating costs of the facility by leasing it to external customers. This support is viewed as being crucial for extending the life cycle of the massive underwater mockups of the ISS as well as preparing the agency for its first forays into deep space in more than 40 years. Raytheon has provided mission support at NBL since 2003. Safe, efficient and effective operations at the NBL are critical for the success of the International Space Station,” David Appel, Senior Director of Mission Systems, Mission Support & Modernization at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, told SpaceFlight Insider. Spacewalks require immense amounts of training and rehearsals on the ground. “Raytheon’s focus for the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory contract is enabling high-consequence training for astronauts as a foundation for success in all human spaceflight missions. The massive 6.2-million-U.S.-gallon instrumented pool is the place where astronauts learn to work in space and train on a submerged full-sized mockup of the International Space Station ( ISS). NBL is one element of NASA’s astronaut training facilities and the neutral buoyancy pool is operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility, near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: Juan Diego Delagarza / SpaceFlight Insider Divers at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Texas.
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