Jacobs' critical solutions and technologies help
bring Orion home safely
DALLAS, Dec. 11,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J)
congratulates NASA on the successful completion of the 25.5-day
Artemis I mission to orbit the moon, following the safe splashdown
of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean.
Powered by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the uncrewed
test flight sent Orion on a 1.4-million-mile journey around the
moon, traveling further than any space vehicle capable of safely
transporting humans.
Jacobs has supported NASA from start to finish on this
historic mission, including as part of the team that recovered
Orion from the ocean. Artemis I is the first test flight in a
planned series of increasingly complex missions under Artemis,
NASA's deep space human exploration endeavor, which aims to land
the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and
establish a long-term human future in deep space.
"NASA's Artemis I mission has exceeded expectations. With
Orion's successful journey and safe return to earth, this historic
mission has paved the way for a new era of scientific
discovery and human exploration of deep space," said Jacobs EVP and
President Critical Mission Solutions Steve Arnette. "Jacobs teams
across multiple NASA centers, contracts and programs are committed
to providing innovative solutions and technologies in support of
NASA's quest to advance science and inspire the next
generation of space exploration through future
Artemis missions."
In addition to Orion recovery operations, Jacobs successfully
executed several key roles in ensuring the safe return of the
spacecraft.
The Jacobs team at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Thermal
Protection Systems Facility helped develop and manufacture thermal
protection components to guard Orion from the intense temperature
of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. This work includes production
of numerous qualification test articles for arc jet, radiant,
impact resistance and mechanical properties. Upon successful
completion of all qualification efforts, more than a thousand
flight tiles and corresponding gap fillers were produced for both
the top backshell and bottom heatshield of the Orion capsule.
At Johnson Space Center (JSC), a NASA and Jacobs team developed
the trajectory plan for the orbital flight path of Artemis I,
which took Orion 268,563 miles from Earth and 40,000 nautical miles
beyond the moon – further out in space than any other human-rated
capsule in history. Jacobs engineers at JSC also developed and
tested the critical Orion re-entry parachute system that slowed
down the capsule from an atmospheric re-entry speed of
approximately 25,500 mph to 20 mph for splashdown. Jacobs also
worked across five NASA centers to help develop and successfully
test the reliability of the Orion launch abort system, which is
designed to protect the crew in future missions.
Jacobs also supports the SLS and Orion development at multiple
NASA centers. That work includes extensive verification and
validation testing of Artemis I flight components. At Marshall
Space Flight Center, Jacobs supported NASA in completing the SLS
rocket's structural testing, a nearly three-year campaign that
qualified the structural design of multiple hardware elements for
the rocket.
As the prime contractor at KSC for NASA's Exploration Ground
Systems (EGS) program, Jacobs is responsible for receiving all SLS
and Orion flight hardware, assembling and integrating all the
components, developing the launch control software, conducting
final test and checkout, transporting the vehicle to the pad,
supporting the launch and helping conclude the mission with the
recovery of Orion.
As NASA's largest services contractor, Jacobs is a provider and
integrator of full lifecycle aerospace capabilities, including
design and construction; base, mission and launch operations;
sustaining capital maintenance; secure and intelligent asset
management; and development, modification and testing processes for
fixed assets supporting national government, military, defense and
NASA, as well as commercial space companies.
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solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities,
resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational
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in annual revenue and a talent force of approximately 60,000,
Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including
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