The last time humankind sent people to the moon was in 1972. I was still in grade school and remember well those missions to space! Now, 50 years later, there are new efforts to return to the moon. One of those efforts is the ARTEMIS rocket. ARTEMIS 1 launched on November 16, 2022. The unmanned Orion crew module splashed down this past Sunday on December 11 off the coast of Baja California.
We are excited that AFT software was used on several parts of this lunar mission!
One part of the mission we can discuss publicly is the launch pad deluge system for sound suppression. AFT software regularly gets used on such applications – see Shhhh! Suppressing Sound Waves From Rocket and Space Shuttle Engines. Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to talk publicly about other parts of ARTEMIS on which AFT software was used.
AFT President & Founder | ASME Fellow - Trey founded AFT in 1993. He was the original developer of AFT Fathom (including the GSC and XTS modules), AFT Arrow and AFT Impulse. He was active in software development until 2011 and still works with the development team in addition to managing AFT. He has taught hundreds of training classes on AFT’s software products in twelve countries across every populated continent. He worked previously for General Dynamics in cryogenic rocket design and Babcock & Wilcox in steam/water equipment design. He holds a BSME (1985) and MSME (1986), both from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a registered Professional Engineer.