The company will use the old space commodity module in it, which in the 90s was used by the Italian Space Agency (IKA), and it will transform it into the most modern habitat for astronauts on our planet. Engineers will test the life support technologies of future colonizers of the Moon and Mars in it, and then it will become part of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, or the Moon Space Port. It is to be ready after 2030. It is in such modules that astronauts will be prepared to undertake space missions that are important to humanity.

The project will use the Donatello module (MPLM). It is less than 5 meters wide and 7 meters long. According to the plan, it is to ensure a comfortable stay of astronauts for a period of 30 to 60 days. Researchers intend during the tests to take advantage of the benefits of virtual technology and augmented reality, to best replicate the real conditions that will prevail in the capsule.

Lockheed Martin has enormous experience in such projects. Engineers prior to 2040 want to build a manned space station on Mars orbit, and basically a mobile laboratory on which scientists could conduct important research to help them explore this mysterious planet.

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The defense company started cooperation with NASA, creating a joint project called Mars Base Camp. Interestingly, specialists from the group, while building the base, will not invest in innovative solutions, they will only use already existing, or proven and safe technologies, which are used on a daily basis by NASA.

This is primarily about the upcoming SLS missile and the Orion capsule. Lockheed Martin, two years ago, also presented a reusable spacecraft called Exoliner, whose task was to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).

Unfortunately, NASA has so far issued only three permits for such ventures, and they received the Orbital ATK for their Cygnus, SpaceX for Dragon and Boeing for CST-100 Starliner.