DEWETRON receives NASA's recognition for ARTEMIS mission success
DEWETRON hosted top officials supporting Artemis missions on April 24th
East Greenwich, RI – June 4, 2024 – At DEWETRON’s East Greenwich, Rhode Island facility, media gathered to hear from top officials contributing to NASA’s Artemis missions and see technology that supports bringing humans back to the moon, and eventually onto Mars. Guests had a chance to meet NASA program managers, who shared their experience managing the Artemis I launch, and discuss plans for the Artemis II mission set for 2025.
With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. NASA will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, the mission will take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.
DEWETRON, located in small-town Rhode Island, was instrumental to the operation of Artemis I, which launched November 16, 2022, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Rosemary Sargent, who serves as the Artemis II Mission Manager at Lockheed Martin Space, highlighted how DEWETRON systems have played a crucial role in aiding the engineering development of the Orion spacecraft, a significant component of NASA’s Artemis Moon to Mars initiatives.
Ground Instrumentation units provided by DEWETRON are vital for data gathering and real time monitoring to record data about the launch environment and the structures around it (heat, pressure, vibration, and strains), during vehicle stacking and Launch Abort System (LAS) tensioning, as well as for modal testing of the Orion spacecraft.
DEWETRON’s Electrical Ground Support Equipment also helps monitor and test the Development Flight Instrumentation for the Orion spacecraft, providing critical flight data related to the safety and health of the astronaut crew.
Richard Taylor, Senior Electrical Design Engineering Manager at Jacobs Space Operations Group, stated, “New England plays a key role in the Artemis Program, and a lot of crucial suppliers are concentrated in the region. It can be hard for suppliers to realize the importance and impact of their support to the mission. These visits help bridge that gap and give their workforce a sense of pride that their contributions mattered.”
Taylor continues, “DEWETRON’s contributions were essential in the development, support, and data collection of our Launch Release Subsystem, Launch Abort Subsystem, Launch and Recovery Operations, and the Orion Capsule.”
DEWETRON is an Austrian-based company that provides cutting-edge data acquisition systems for various industries. The company was founded in 1989, and since then, it has been at the forefront of technological innovation in the field of data acquisition.
ABOUT DEWETRON
DEWETRON is an Austrian company based in Grambach near Graz that offers state-of-the-art data acquisition systems for various industries. The company was founded in 1989 and has been a leader in technological innovation in the field of data acquisition ever since.
DEWETRON’s data acquisition systems are designed to meet the requirements of a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, energy and research. The measurement systems are highly flexible, customizable and easy to use, allowing customers to adapt them to their specific needs. Some of the key features of DEWETRON’s data acquisition systems are precise sampling rates, real-time analysis and high channel counts.
In addition to its wide range of products, DEWETRON also offers its customers a comprehensive portfolio of services – from installation and training to calibration, maintenance and technical support. DEWETRON’s highly skilled team of technicians is available for on-site support to ensure that customers get the most out of their data acquisition systems.
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