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6. Lockheed Martin Serves as the prime contractor for the Orion spacecraft, designing and assembling the primary crew capsule, deep-space heat shielding and flight computers
7. Boeing Manufactures the core stage of the SLS rocket, including the structural tanks, avionics bays, and intertank structures that power the crew into orbit
8. Northrop Grumman Produces the solid rocket boosters for the SLS rocket as well as Orion’ s launch abort system motors to ensure crew safety during launch ascent
9. Aerojet Rocketdyne( an L3Harris Technologies Company) Supplies the four refurbished RS-25 main engines that power the SLS core stage and the auxiliary propulsion thrusters for the Orion crew module
10. Airbus Defence and Space Constructs the European Service Module for Orion, providing the spacecraft’ s primary propulsion, electrical power, water, oxygen and thermal regulation technologymagazine. com 91