NASA gives big moon mission to Alabama company - AL.com

Crews load a Space Launch System Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter aboard a barge in Huntsville, Ala., for delivery to NASA's Stennis Space Center.

NASA awarded the contract extension to Teledyne Brown Engineering for two more of what are called Launch Vehicle Stage Adapters (LVSAs) for the Artemis II and Artemis III moon missions.

In the Artemis program NASA has developed, Artemis I would be an un-crewed launch of SLS to test the new rocket’s ability to get an Orion capsule to the moon and into lunar orbit.

Artemis II would be a second orbit-only mission in 2023, this time with astronauts aboard the Orion capsule.

“(Teledyne Brown Engineering) is thrilled to be a part of the monumental Artemis spaceflight moon missions, providing its second and third LVSA units, which further solidify our prominence in designing and building spaceflight hardware,” Jan Hess, president of Teledyne Brown Engineering said Nov.