NASA obligated $188.9M across three aerospace contractors on 1 October 2026

Federal spending records show single day contract payments were posted to SpaceX, Lockheed Martin and Odyssey Space Research.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

Stands on 3 first-party readings of USASpending.gov, not reporting.

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NASA posted three separate contract obligations on 1 October 2026, totalling just over $188.9M across three aerospace firms. Federal spending data shows the largest single obligation that day was $174M to Space Exploration Technologies Corp.^[3] Lockheed Martin received $11M^[1], while Odyssey Space Research was awarded $3.94M^[2]. All three obligations were applied against existing active awards. Total obligations to date under the respective contracts stand at $3.75B for Lockheed Martin, $3.23B for SpaceX and $46.7M for Odyssey.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated $11,011,368.58 to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP on 2026-10-01 under award 80JSC019C0012. The award's total obligations to date are $3,752,987,510.56. · USASpending.govUnited Statesofficial source · Federal spending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated $3,942,011 to ODYSSEY SPACE RESEARCH, L.L.C. on 2026-10-01 under award 80JSC023DA007. The award's total obligations to date are $46,674,286.76. · USASpending.govUnited Statesofficial source · Federal spending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated $173,555,537 to SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. on 2026-10-01 under award 80MSFC20C0034. The award's total obligations to date are $3,229,285,063.07. · USASpending.govUnited Statesofficial source · Federal spending

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