ULA lands $243M NASA contract to launch Mars 2020 rover

United Launch Alliance has won a $243 million contract to launch NASA's Mars 2020 rover on its trip to the Red Planet in four years. NASA awarded the launch Thursday to Centennial-based ULA. As the primary contractor for U.S. federal government space missions, ULA has launched every NASA mission to another planet for a decade. “We are honored that NASA has selected ULA to provide another robotic science rover to Mars on this tremendously exciting mission,” said Laura Maginnis, ULA’s vice… ......