The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American aerospace and defense company formed in 1961 through the merger of the Glenn L. Martin Company and the American-Marietta Corporation, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. It built the Titan family of rockets, the Atlas I and II launch vehicles, and the Space Shuttle's external tank, and it built the Magellan, Viking 1 and 2, Mars Polar Lander and Wind spacecraft for NASA. Martin Marietta merged with the Lockheed Corporation in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin.
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Agency TypeAmerican corporation (aerospace and defense manufacturing) 1 Founded Year Headquarters Martin Marietta
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was an American company founded in 1961 through the
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Martin Marietta formed in 1961 by the merger of the
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The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L.
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We track 4 launches by Martin Marietta: 4 successful, from Skynet 4A & JCSat 2 (1 Jan 1990) to Mars Observer (25 Sept 1992).
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He was also a senior engineer with the Martin Marietta Astronautics company
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