Ibadan, 10 April 2026. – As NASA’s Artemis II mission launches humans around the moon for the first time in 53 years, Vienna-based high-tech company TTTECH is proud to contribute to the historic mission, supplying the core of the data network for NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module.
The NASA Artemis program aims to take humanity back to the Moon and prepare for flights to Mars. In November 2022, the Artemis I mission successfully launched into space. This was the first time Orion and its European Service Module worked together in preparation for the first crewed flight, which is currently on its way back home from the Moon.
TTTECH has been supporting the European Space Agency and Airbus as project partners for many years in testing all data connections in the European Service Module and to the Orion spacecraft. The Austrian company draws on more than 25 years of cross-industry experience in aerospace, industry, energy, and critical infrastructure, as well as in mobile machinery and automated driving.
“Artemis is our generation’s space program – it will bring humanity back to the Moon after more than 50 years, and, in the future, to Mars. It creates the basis for the commercial use of the Moon’s resources. Fail-safe computer systems are a basic prerequisite for the success of the mission. We are incredibly proud to be able to contribute to this with other technology leaders from the US and Europe,” remarked Christian Fidi, General Manager TTTECH Aerospace.
Artemis II will subsequently lay the foundation for the first Moon landing since the last Apollo mission in 1972, which will tentatively take place in 2028 with Artemis IV. For such a historic space venture, fail-safe data communication and robust electronics are critical, demonstrating TTTECH’s important contribution.
“We have been able to develop our solutions and bring them to market thanks to Austria’s ESA contributions and the support of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG),” added Fidi. “Today, they are used in all modules of the Lunar Gateway and beyond – thus, the Austrian space industry is also making an important contribution to the future of human spaceflight.”
