Our Missions
These are some of the missions that our Deep Space Systems employees have worked on.
Prior to becoming DSS employees our people have also worked on programs including: the Space Shuttle, ISS, Dream Chaser, Deep Impact, several large classified programs, and many other spacecraft and space system projects.
Emirates Mars Mission
The Hope spacecraft will arrive at Mars on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UAE.
Goes-R
The Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite -R series analyzes Earth weather patterns.
InSight
InSight measures Martian seismic activity as well as analyzing weather patterns on the Martian surface.
Lucy
Lucy is a spacecraft designed to study the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter in order to discover more about the origins of our planets in our solar system.
Mars Exploration Rovers
The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity went to Mars to analyze the various types of rocks and terrain.
MAVEN
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN was sent to analyze the wind and weather patterns on Mars.
Next Step
The Lockheed Marin Next Step is a space station designed to study humans living in a more deep space low gravity environment away from Earth's gravity.
Orion
Orion is a crewed exploration vehicle designed to bring our astronauts farther than we've ever been before.
Phoenix Lander
The Phoenix lander went to Mars to analyze the frozen water on the poles.
Stardust
The purpose of Stardust was to take samples off of a comet and return the samples back to Earth for analysis.
Genesis
Genesis was sent to capture solar wind samples and return them back to Earth.
Grail
The twin satellites Ebb and Flow set out to measure the Lunar orbital field and the discrepancies in it.
Juno
Juno will analyze the content of Jupiter's atmosphere, lending insights into how the solar system formed.
Mars Climate Orbiter
The Mars Climate Orbiter was designed to act as a relay for information to be sent to Earth from the Mars Polar Lander.
Mars Polar Lander
The Mars Polar Lander was designed to dig into the ice on a Martian pole to analyze its content.
MRO
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes shockingly beautiful images of the Martian Surface.
Odyssey
Odyssey was designed to accurately map chemical and mineral deposits on the Martian Surface.
OSIRIS-Rex
Osiris-Rex is designed to analyze the regolith of the asteroid Bennu to discover information about the early phases of our solar system.
Spitzer
The Spitzer Space Telescope is a sibling of the Hubble, detecting infra-red information from deep space.