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NASA to Select Second Lunar Lander Partner for Artemis Moon Mission

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA's return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration.

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  • The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA's return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration.
  • The announcement will air on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • NASA is partnering with industry providers to develop, build, test, and launch innovative and technically advanced landers for the Artemis Generation.
  • The agency already is working with SpaceX to develop landers for the Artemis III and Artemis IV missions.

TRIUMPH PROVIDES HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR NASA'S ORION CAPSULE

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Friday, May 12, 2023
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TRIUMPH provided the heat exchangers included in the ECLSS, which is a system on the Orion Capsule.

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  • TRIUMPH provided the heat exchangers included in the ECLSS, which is a system on the Orion Capsule.
  • The Orion Capsule is mounted to the top of NASA's new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
  • The Orion Capsule will take humans back to the lunar surface in the upcoming Artemis missions, and will provide the crew with life sustaining capabilities, emergency abort, and re-entry from deep space.
  • TRIUMPH, headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, designs, manufactures, repairs, and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems and components.

Gulf Island Awarded Fabrication Contract to Support NASA Mobile Launcher 2 Project

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (“Gulf Island” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GIFI), a leading steel fabricator and service provider to the industrial and energy sectors, today announced that it has been awarded a fabrication contract by Bechtel National, Inc. (“BNI”) to support the Mobile Launcher 2 (“ML2”) project.

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  • THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (“Gulf Island” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GIFI), a leading steel fabricator and service provider to the industrial and energy sectors, today announced that it has been awarded a fabrication contract by Bechtel National, Inc. (“BNI”) to support the Mobile Launcher 2 (“ML2”) project.
  • Gulf Island will be fabricating structural components for the ML2 project at its Houma fabrication facility for delivery to the project site at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • The contract has an estimated value of less than $10 million and will be included in the Company’s new awards and backlog in the second quarter 2023.
  • “Gulf Island is proud to support Bechtel and NASA on this important project that will help drive future advances in space exploration,” said Richard Heo, Gulf Island’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Provide Propulsion for Three Additional Orion Spacecraft

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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REDMOND, Wash., April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-VIII.

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  • REDMOND, Wash., April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-VIII.
  • The Orion spacecraft recently completed a successful test flight during NASA’s Artemis I mission, proving it is capable of safely carrying humans to deep space on Artemis II.
  • “Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion on NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket contributed to the success of the historic Artemis I mission, from liftoff to splashdown,” said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen P. Drake.
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne was awarded a separate contract in 2021 to provide new Orion Main Engines for future Artemis missions, and Lockheed Martin plans to use refurbished crew modules, which are propelled by reaction control thrusters, also built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, for later Artemis missions.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Propulsion for Artemis III Mission

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed the four RS-25 engines that will power the core stage of NASA’s super heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the historic Artemis III mission.

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  • LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed the four RS-25 engines that will power the core stage of NASA’s super heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the historic Artemis III mission.
  • “The Artemis III mission is pivotal in our nation’s goal to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon, establish a sustained presence there and pave the way for crewed missions to Mars,” said Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president.
  • Additional Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion on the Artemis III mission includes the RL10 engine and 12 MR-106 reaction control system thrusters that will support the SLS’s second stage, called the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage.
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Artemis III propulsion contributions are designed, built and tested at various sites across the country, including Los Angeles, California; NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi; West Palm Beach, Florida; Redmond, Washington; Huntsville, Alabama; and Orange, Virginia.

New Program Office Leads NASA's Path Forward for Moon, Mars

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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"The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • The new office will also lead planning and analysis for long-lead developments to support human Mars missions.
  • Lakiesha Hawkins will serve as the deputy for the Moon to Mars Program Office.
  • Space Operations also manages the Launch Services Program, Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, Human Spaceflight Capabilities, and other associated resources.

NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts

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Friday, March 10, 2023
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WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon.
  • Artemis II is the first crewed mission aboard NASA's foundational human deep space capabilities: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems needed to launch them.
  • The crew will include three NASA astronauts and one CSA astronaut, demonstrating the agency's commitment to international partnerships through the Artemis program.
  • Artemis II builds on the successful Artemis I flight test, which launched an uncrewed Orion, atop the SLS rocket, on a 1.4 million-mile journey beyond the Moon to test systems before astronauts fly aboard the systems on a mission to the Moon.

NASA, Axiom Space to Reveal Artemis Moon Mission Spacesuit

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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WASHINGTON, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency's Artemis III mission, is set for reveal during a televised event hosted by Axiom Space beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (9:30 a.m. CDT) Wednesday, March 15, from Space Center Houston in Texas.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency's Artemis III mission, is set for reveal during a televised event hosted by Axiom Space beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (9:30 a.m. CDT) Wednesday, March 15, from Space Center Houston in Texas.
  • NASA selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole.
  • Planned during the reveal activities are remarks from NASA and Axiom Space experts, a suit demonstration, as well as question-and-answer sessions with media and students.
  • New spacesuits that allow humans to explore the lunar surface advance our capability for human exploration in space.

NASA to Discuss Findings from Successful Artemis I Moon Mission

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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The mission began with a successful liftoff of NASA's SLS rocket Nov. 16, from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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  • The mission began with a successful liftoff of NASA's SLS rocket Nov. 16, from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • Artemis I was the first of a series of challenging missions to build a long-term lunar presence for scientific discovery and a steppingstone on the way to Mars.
  • NASA's Artemis II flight test will carry astronauts aboard Orion around the Moon, and will pave the way for the first human mission to the lunar South Pole on Artemis III .
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NASA Glenn Names New Deputy Center Director

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has named Dawn Schaible the new deputy director of the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, effective immediately.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has named Dawn Schaible the new deputy director of the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, effective immediately.
  • "Dawn has been a member of the NASA family for 35 years, and she brings a wealth of NASA research, engineering, and programmatic knowledge with her to Cleveland," said Dr. Jimmy Kenyon , Glenn's center director.
  • Before becoming Glenn's acting deputy director, Schaible was director of the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
  • As a founding member of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center, Schaible helped establish its role in conducting independent engineering assessments to support critical NASA programs and projects.