MAPS Contract Awarded to Northrop Grumman

Soil samples collected by Perseverance will be boosted off the Martian surface by a MAPS (Mars Ascent Propulsion System) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation.

NASA has awarded the MAPS contract to NGC to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Coupled with …