Reid Wiseman said the Artemis II crew would have been able to land on the Moon if they had been given the lander keys.
NASA's Artemis II test flight has launched.
Moog contributed to the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion crew capsule for Artemis II.
JSC and NASA’s Ames Research Center supported the work that prepared Artemis II for flight.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense’s hardware managed the separation of Orion’s Launch Abort System, Crew Module, and Service Module during Artemis II.
The four-person Artemis II crew traveled approximately 1.4 million miles during the mission.
Artemis II’s heat shield and thermal protection system were major focus areas after orbit insertion.
Artemis II was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years.
Artemis II validated the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft.
Jared Isaacman said the Artemis II heat shield showed discoloration rather than a missing chunk.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense supplied precision energetics and mechanical systems for staging and separation events on the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft during Artemis II.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense provided separation systems on the Artemis II crew module.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense manufactured Artemis II hardware at its facilities in Simsbury, Connecticut, and Moorpark, California.
Artemis II used Orion, which was launched on a fully loaded rocket and underwent crewed ascent, the first 24 hours on orbit, and parachute-assisted splashdown.
Artemis II successfully concluded on April 10, 2026.
The Artemis II crew reached a maximum distance of 406,771 kilometers from Earth, the farthest humans have traveled to date.
The Orion capsule on Artemis II reentered Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 40,000 kilometers per hour.
Artemis II was NASA’s first crewed trip around the Moon in more than half a century.
Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen completed a nearly 10-day mission.
The Artemis II astronauts viewed the lunar farside, including the 930-kilometer Orientale basin, during their flyby.