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Continued from page 25The ATC met the requirements of a Critical DesignReview for NASA’s next solar mission, the Interface RegionImaging Spectrograph (IRIS). The IRIS spacecraft andinstrument are under construction, and targeted for launch inlate 2012. IRIS will advance Sun-Earth connection studiesby tracing the flow of energy and plasma through a dynamicinterface region – the chromosphere and transition region –between the solar surface and the solar corona, and is uniquelysuited to provide the observations necessary to pinpoint thephysical forces at work in this little-understood piece of realestate near the surface of the Sun.Launched in 2004, Gravity Probe B (GP-B) gathereddata during its 16-month mission that in 2011 providedverification for two subtle physical effects predicted byAlbert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. The GP-Bpayload – comprising the dewar and the flight probe – werebuilt at the ATC. Inside the flight probe was the very preciseScience Instrument Assembly, built by Stanford University.The GP-B spacecraft was built by the Space Systems Sensing& Exploration Systems organization.COMMUNITY OUTREACHAs a good corporate citizen, Lockheed Martin is positively impactingthe communities it calls home through philanthropic giving, employeevolunteerism, educational outreach, and dedicated support to thecompany’s civil and military customers.CLOSE INSPECTION. William Jarrett, a technician with the ATC’s Advanced Materials andNanosystems directorate, uses a stereo microscope to inspect an 8-inch silicon wafer of NRAMcarbon-nanotube-based memory. The team plans to use this new product for experimentation andinitial integration into both Lockheed Martin and customer systems.RECRUITING. Space Systems Company’s Jeff Richmond quizzesa crowd of eager students on their knowledge of space trivia andspace technology at AIAA’s Space 2011 Education Alley event heldin Long Beach, Calif.In 2011, Lockheed Martin contributed over $25 millioncorporate-wide to a broad spectrum of customer and communitycauses across the U.S. and internationally – with a specialemphasis on promoting Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) education for K-12 studentsand undergraduate programs.Lockheed Martin’s outreach goes far beyond its donationsto worthy non-profits and service agencies. Its employeesget involved, too, logging over 1 million volunteer hourseach year to help their neighbors in communities the companycalls home.STEM education outreach has been a key pillar ofLockheed Martin Community Relations activities. Throughprograms like Lockheed Martin Engineers in the Classroom,the USA Science and Engineering Festival – and partnershipswith FIRST Robotics, Project Lead the Way, 4-H, NationalGeographic, and numerous local science centers – LockheedMartin is inspiring and encouraging millions of tomorrow’sscientists and engineers.On any given week, you might find Lockheed Martinemployees mentoring a high school pre-engineering class inCape Canaveral, Fla… showing a high school physics teacherthe business applications of advanced math in Sunnyvale,Calif... developing a STEM curriculum for Junior Achievementin Denver, Colo... giving a presentation at a middleschool during National Engineers Week in Newtown, Pa...doing an experiment with elementary school kids during a“Space Day” celebration in Kings Bay, Ga... or visiting withundergrad students about potential engineering careers inHuntsville, Ala.Lockheed Martin believes in leading by example andinvesting in the future to help ensure the nation’s continuedtechnological leadership.Continued on page 2826 27