Austrian measurement technology company Dewetron supplied data acquisition systems used during the testing and validation of spacecraft systems ahead of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which launched on April 1 carrying a four-person crew on a 10-day lunar flyby.
Dewetron’s high-precision measurement and data acquisition technology was used by engineering teams to analyze the performance, stability and resilience of spacecraft components under extreme conditions during pre-launch verification. The company also contributed measurement technology to the Artemis I uncrewed mission in 2022, for which it received recognition from NASA.
Christoph Wiedner, CEO of Dewetron, and Albon Redzepi, president and operations officer of Dewetron Inc., said, “It is truly special to know that our technology contributes to a mission of this magnitude. Artemis II represents the next major step in human spaceflight, and we are proud that our measurement technology is part of this journey.”
The Grambach-based company, which also has a US operation in Rhode Island, specializes in high-dynamic data acquisition and safety-critical validation systems. Its equipment is used across the aerospace, automotive, energy and research sectors.
Artemis II is the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch alongside Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on board. The crew surpassed the record for the farthest human spaceflight on April 6 during the lunar flyby.
