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Redwire supplies 11 cameras to record inside and outside views of Orion for Artemis II lunar flyby

Redwire built and installed 11 cameras around the inside and outside of NASA's Orion crew capsule to record the upcoming Artemis II lunar flyby, Redwire senior systems engineer Kaylee Geidel told Payload. The camera suite will provide both cabin and external views during the mission.

Discovered 2026-04-07T05:18:02.490108-07:00 | 2026-04-07T05:18:02.490108-07:00

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Redwire installed 11 cameras that will capture both internal cabin and external vehicle views of Orion during the Artemis II lunar flyby, providing direct visual records of the mission's critical phases.
The hardware highlights commercial supplier contributions to Artemis flight hardware and follows recent Redwire program activity and contracts (see recent Redwire commercial work) (source:9abd96d1-063e-469d-8f04-16c4eee011d9).
The camera deployment coincides with mission integration milestones as the SLS–Orion stack moves to LC‑39B ahead of the first crewed lunar flyby since 1972 (source:2a0edee2-c663-4534-a20f-135c772736e4).

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