Projects Mercury and Gemini
Our Mercury communications system provided voice, telemetry and precision tracking data for the United States’ first two human spaceflight programs.
Our space suits allowed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to take the first monumental steps beyond Earth’s bounds as they set foot on the moon, and our communications technology transmitted their achievement back to the world. Today there are more frontiers – a new mission to the moon and manned deep-space exploration. We’ll be there, too, with innovations engineered to expand the universe of possibility.
The history of Collins Aerospace and modern space travel have been intimately intertwined, with our technological advances enabling life and communications in space for more than 50 years. And we played a crucial role in ensuring the safety of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as humankind first set foot on the moon – as well as sharing that monumental step with the world – as part of the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.
Our Mercury communications system provided voice, telemetry and precision tracking data for the United States’ first two human spaceflight programs.
The U.S Skylab Program used Collins technology to provide communications from the astronauts to earth
Astronauts used our extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) during Shuttle EVAs (extravehicular activity) for satellite deployment and retrieval/maintenance, and our avionics during landing
Our environmental control and life support systems have provided a habitable environment for the crew aboard the ISS since 2000.
Today, a new age of space flight has dawned, and Collins Aerospace is at the forefront of innovation for the latest generation of platforms that will carry both cargo and crew to earth’s orbit and far beyond. Benefiting from decades of expertise in systems design and production for spacecraft, we are able to leverage unmatched capabilities to help ensure successful missions in the new frontiers of tomorrow.
Our Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is often called the world’s smallest spacecraft. We have worked side-by-side with NASA to evolve and upgrade the equipment to provide today’s astronauts with everything they need to stay alive: oxygen, water, temperature control and CO2 regulation.