Leaders of NASA and Lockheed Martin, builder of the capsule that recently sent a crew on a flyby of the moon, were in Joplin on Thursday to recognize the hundreds of EaglePicher Technologies employees for their work on the batteries that powered that mission.
Four EaglePicher batteries powered the Orion crew capsule and service module on each of the first two Artemis missions, and more batteries have been delivered or are being manufactured in Joplin for Artemis missions 3-8 at this time.
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