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September 24, 2016

NASA Extends Support Contract For IRIS Space Observatory

Lockheed Martin Will Continue Operations Under $19 Million Agreement

Delivering the most detailed images of the sun’s lower atmosphere ever recorded from space, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), built and operated by Lockheed Martin for NASA, has received more time to deliver groundbreaking space science. A recent $19.4 million contract extends Lockheed Martin’s support for the orbiting observatory through September 2018, with a further extension possible through September 2019.

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