Orion Docking Demonstration Completed

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As reported by the Boulder County Business Report in Ball completes docking demonstration, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and NASA conducted a successful technology demonstration of a navigation system designed to make docking operations safer and easier for spacecraft flying to the International Space Station. Good to hear Orion is moving forward.

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