SAIC served as a mission assurance partner for NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission, ensuring safety standards were met across Crew Survival Analysis, Exploration Ground Systems, the Space Launch System, the Orion spacecraft and other critical components.
The company provided safety analysis, evaluation and risk mitigation across all mission phases — from design and launch facilities to crew survival during the nearly 10-day journey aboard the Orion.
SAIC’s teams reviewed hardware and software systems for completeness and reliability, developed cross-program integrated hazard analysis and inspected all flight hardware.
“Everyone at SAIC is extremely proud of what NASA accomplished during this record-setting lunar flyby mission,” said Praveen Kurian, SAIC senior vice president of defense and civil space market. “We are honored to have played our mission assurance role during all phases of this historic journey from its design, through launch, operations, and the crew’s safe return to Earth. For over 50 years, SAIC has had a collaborative and innovative partnership with NASA, and this milestone mission outcome reflects our commitment to supporting human space exploration to the moon, then Mars and beyond.”
SAIC also provides real-time mission expertise on the Safety Console in Johnson Space Center’s Mission Evaluation Room, monitoring in-flight anomalies, identifying root causes and supporting crew protection decisions. For Orion, the company developed a landing and recovery simulation tool and conducted a pathfinder study. SAIC is now working with NASA on post-flight analysis to capture lessons learned and set the baseline for future Artemis missions.