Fluid Power Products from Innovative Hydraulics to Support Artemis
A contract to design and manufacture fluid power products in support of NASA's Artemis program has been awarded by NASA to Innovative Hydraulics.
"The staff at Innovative Hydraulics are truly humbled by the unique opportunity to work alongside the amazing people at the Kennedy Space Center and be a part of space exploration history with NASA's Artemis program."
Dave Tetzlaff, CFPE, Lead Engineer.
With the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. NASA will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish sustainable exploration by the end of the decade. Then, using what was learned on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars.
NASA has named the program "Artemis" in honor of Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology, the goddess of the Moon. The name aligns well with a project goal of landing the first woman on the moon, while honoring the Apollo programs success in the 1960's.
Innovative Hydraulics will design and manufacture fluid power products for NASA's exploration ground systems. These systems transport NASA's space launch system (SLS) rocket from its hanger bay to the launch site located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"The staff at Innovative Hydraulics are truly humbled by the unique opportunity to work alongside the amazing people at the Kennedy Space Center and be a part of space exploration history with NASA's Artemis program. This will help grow our small business, creating jobs in Wausau and other central Wisconsin communities," said Dave Tetzlaff, CFPE, Lead Engineer.
Under the Artemis program, humanity will explore regions of the Moon never visited before, uniting people around the unknown, the never seen, and the once impossible. We will return to the Moon robotically beginning next year, send astronauts to the surface within four years, and build a long-term presence on the Moon by the end of the decade.
Innovative Hydraulics is a project based, high specification, custom hydraulic cylinder manufacturer headquartered in Wausau, Wisconsin with a global presence supporting commercial, civil and defense fluid power applications.
(Source: Innovative Hydraulics news release)