A four-person crew launched Wednesday aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission, marking the first crewed lunar voyage in over five decades. The astronauts rode atop what sources describe as the world's most powerful operational rocket as it roared away from the launch pad on a trail-blazing flight designed to help pave the way for upcoming lunar landings and an American moon base.
Moog Inc. provided critical technology that successfully steered the Artemis II launch, according to the precision motion and fluid controls manufacturer. The East Aurora, New York-based company supplied high-performance motion control systems that played a key role in the mission's launch phase.