NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars. Each awardee will receive between $200,000 and $300,000 to produce a detailed report on potential services that could support future missions to the Red Planet. The selected Mars Exploration Commercial Services studies are divided into four categories: Small payload delivery and hosting services Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, Colorado.