Advanced materials from Syensqo, designed to withstand extreme conditions support NASA’s historic crewed lunar flyby through Space Launch System solid rocket boosters
Syensqo congratulates NASA on the successful launch of Artemis II marking the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft and humanity’s return toward the moon in over 50 years.
The mission marks a major milestone in the Artemis program, which aims to establish the first long term presence on the moon as a foundation for future human missions to Mars. Syensqo’s advanced materials play a crucial role in the reliability and safety of the mission’s propulsion systems.
Syensqo supplies high-temperature ablative materials (MX 4926) for the solid rocket motor (SRM) nozzles of the space launch system boosters. These critical high-performance materials offer superior insulation and thermal protection as the motor’s hot exhaust gases exit the nozzle by absorbing and dissipating extreme heat through a controlled process of pyrolysis and surface charring. In addition, Syensqo’s glass-phenolic structural overwrap material reinforces the nozzle, delivering essential strength and durability under extreme mechanical and thermal stresses.
Syensqo is proud to see our materials help power humanity’s next great step beyond Earth’s orbit. This achievement reflects the dedication of our teams and partners in delivering technologies that ensure mission success and crew safety.
Our long-standing collaboration support of human spaceflight hardware exemplifies the synergy between scientific innovation and exploration. Through continuous material advancement, we are helping make space travel safer and more reliable, guaranteeing high performance in the harshest of environments.
Syensqo’s contribution to the Artemis II launch continues our legacy of enabling critical aerospace missions through cutting-edge polymer, composite, and ablative technologies. The company remains committed to advancing material science to support next-generation space exploration and the future of human spaceflight.
Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and healthcare applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
Learn more at www.syensqo.com.
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Syensqo has a rich legacy of supplying innovative materials for space missions, from the first Moon landing to NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis program.