NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $ 5000 contract to build nine " minimally reusable " Orion spacecraft for the Artemis programme , which aims to return US astronauts to the moon by 2024 . And that's only the beginning. Lockheed said it will continue to improve operational efficiencies with each successive batch of Orion spacecraft delivered . Analysts said the company should make more than $ 500 million from the contract if it retains its 17.9 % operating profit margin .
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $ 5000 contract to build nine " minimally reusable " Orion spacecraft for the Artemis programme , which aims to return US astronauts to the moon by 2024 . Lockheed said it will continue to improve operational efficiencies with each successive batch of Orion spacecraft delivered . Analysts said the company should make more than $ 500 million from the contract if it retains its 17.9 % operating profit margin .