Ahead of National Space Exploration Day, which is Saturday, let’s give a shoutout to the 44 Connecticut companies who had a prominent role in the Artemis1 mission!
BY THE NUMBERS:
44 Connecticut companies are supplied NASA with products for Artemis
23 companies supplied NASA’s Space Launch System rocket
14 companies provided critical materials for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which was built to take humans farther in space than ever before
10 companies manufactured supplies for Exploration Ground Systems based at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
One company supported development work for NASA’s Human Landing System Program, which was the final mode of transportation that took astronauts to the lunar surface throughout Artemis
One company worked on Gateway, a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the moon that provides essential support for long-term, human missions to the lunar surface and serves as a staging point for deep space exploration.
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