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This first column in CW’s new Investors and Startups column series takes a closer look into the region of France, decoding the technologies, teams and funding actors driving its composites innovation.

NASA has unveiled two new spacesuit designs that will be used for the Artemis program moon missions.

Proposed lunar landing system to be considered for NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks to return humans to the moon by 2024.

In a recent contract with Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne engines and other products will be used on NASA’s Orion spacecraft for three Artemis missions.

The crew module capsule has been assembled onto the Orion service module for further testing before the Artemis 1 uncrewed mission to the moon.

Under the $1.79 billion contract, Aerojet Rocketdyne will manufacture 18 additional Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engines for Artemis missions.

NASA has announced the companies that will conduct research and build prototypes, and build the PPE spacecraft for its Artemis missions.

Following launch vehicle separation, Firefly’s composites-intensive Blue Ghost lunar lander acquired signal and completed on-orbit commissioning.

Composite materials — with their unmatched strength-to-weight ratio, durability in extreme environments and design versatility — are at the heart of innovations in satellites, propulsion systems and lunar exploration vehicles, propelling the space economy toward a $1.8 trillion future.

Since its landing on Mars in 2021, NASA’s rover has completed four scientific campaigns. Its fifth campaign up to the crater rim, a location of geologic interest, will further aid scientists’ understanding of Mars’ past formation.