Congratulations to the NASA Artemis II mission on the safe return of the crew and successful recovery of the Orion spacecraft. Artemis II builds on the momentum and success of Artemis I and marks another major step toward establishing a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. The Artemis II test flight was NASA’s first mission with a crew aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, and it traveled farther from Earth than any previous human mission.
Since 2005, ATA Engineering has supported several key systems and components of the NASA Artemis mission, including the Orion spacecraft, the SLS, and the mobile launcher. ATA has provided engineering services for a variety of structural stress and dynamics needs across multiple teams within the Orion program. This work included loads definition, vibroacoustic analysis and test, multibody and flexible-body dynamics of separation events and deployments, modal and stress analysis, finite element model development and integration, and analysis process improvement through custom software tool development.
ATA also contributed to the NASA Artemis program through the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), which focuses on minimizing risk and ensuring a successful flight and mission. This work provided guidance for validating the computer models used for simulation. In addition, ATA directly supported modal tests of the mobile launcher as well as the integrated system once assembled at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. ATA is also supporting the Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team at NASA Langley Research Center in collecting and processing launch and reentry imagery.
ATA is proud to support this historic effort, and once again we extend our congratulations to NASA on the success of Artemis II and this exciting step forward in continued space exploration.
Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
