L3Harris Technologies has successfully powered the historic launch of the Artemis II mission, providing propulsion and avionics for the first crewed journey toward the moon in more than 50 years.
“Artemis II marks a new era in human space exploration with the first crewed flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft,” said Christopher Kubasik, Chairman and CEO, L3Harris. “We congratulate NASA and all our teammates on achieving liftoff, and we remain focused on supporting the Artemis II mission through its successful completion.”
L3Harris is supporting the Artemis II mission with more than 100 separate elements, including RS-25 engines for the Space Launch System core stage, the RL10 engine for the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage and the Orion Main engine for the translunar injection burn. L3Harris also supplied in-space thrusters for course corrections, 40 advanced avionics systems for precision control and monitoring of the launch vehicle and the Orion audio system for continuous astronaut communications.
The 10-day mission around the moon will further demonstrate L3Harris capabilities in support of the Artemis campaign and NASA’s vision of a sustained human presence on the moon and, ultimately, Mars.
