U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to tour Paragon Space Development Corporation as Tucson firm celebrates newest contracts with NASA, the US Navy and Odyssey Moon

TUCSON, Arizona, March 26 – U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Chairwoman of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, will tour Tucson-based Paragon Space Development Corporation on Friday, March 27.

Rated the fastest growing private Aerospace Engineering Company in America by Inc. Magazine, Paragon is one of America’s leading high-tech companies that develops and manufactures key components for NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle that will replace the space shuttle and take astronauts to the moon and eventually Mars. Paragon is a member of the Orion team led by Lockheed Martin, NASA’s prime contractor for Orion.

Google Lunar X PRIZE Contender Odyssey Moon Partners with Paragon Space Development Corporation to Grow first Plant on the Moon

Tucson, Arizona, March 26 – The first Moon flower will become a reality when private lunar expedition partners Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space Development Corporation deliver a biological greenhouse to the lunar surface.

Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon Ltd. will announce its partnership with Paragon at a media conference held on March 27, 2009 at the Tucson-based firm, a manufacturer of key components for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle that will replace the Space Shuttle and take Astronauts to the Moon and eventually Mars. The lunar plant will be another space biology first for Paragon, having bred the first animals through complete life cycles in space, and grown the first aquatic plant in space.