Lockheed Martin lunar lander
Lockheed Martin's proposed lunar lander could carry four people and a metric ton of cargo to the lunar surface for stays of up to two weeks. Credit: Lockheed Martin

BREMEN, Germany — As NASA gears up to support work on lunar lander designs, Lockheed Martin released details Oct. 3 about a proposed reusable human lunar lander that leverages technology used on the Orion spacecraft and concepts that could later be used for missions to Mars.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...