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30 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MAY 15, 2023 Visit CTWealthMgmt.com to learn more. 281 Farmington Avenue | Farmington, CT 06032 | 860.470.0290 MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE Is Your Business Factored into Your Personal Financial Plan? If your personal plan doesn't factor in the value of your business, then you won't have an accurate picture of how it impacts your long-term goals and the ability to lead your best life. Momentum for Business Owners SM is an enhanced approach to our core financial planning and advising services that provides clarity about your financial future. Enhance Business Value Mitigate Risks Exit Confidently Gain Time Back for space systems at Collins Aerospace in Windsor Locks, said his company does a variety of work for NASA, specifically the Orion spacecraft. That includes the design of next-generation spacesuits; and the design and engineering for the portable life support system, as well as the oxygen generation and water recapture that are part of that system. All work is done at the company's South Windsor facility, Eberhart said. A contract for the Artemis mission spacesuits has yet to be awarded. Collins Aerospace, which is a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, provides all the life support, thermal cooling control, full tower manage- ment and distribution systems for Orion. The company also provides a portion of the pressure control systems, which are subcontracted to Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for Orion and NASA's exploration ground systems. Collins provides the systems to Lockheed Martin and helps with the overall integration into the spacecraft. Eberhart said that while not related to the Orion missions, Collins Aero- space is in a contract with the Inter- national Space Station, which was awarded in December, to develop the next generation of spacesuits. Collins Aerospace signed a contract with Lockheed Martin in January 2020 to provide subsystems to support production of the Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions III through VIII. The $320 million deal will allow Collins to play a key role in enabling NASA to get boots on the moon by 2024, and to prepare for missions to Mars. The work for these systems — including environmental and thermal controls, and power and waste management — will be performed at the Collins Aerospace facilities in Windsor Locks, Houston, Rockford, Illinois, and San Dimas, California. The Artemis II mission, which is set to launch in November 2024, will achieve the goal of having an onboard crew test the spacecraft's systems in deep space to pave the way for Artemis III, which hopes to put the first woman and next man on the moon. Beyond NASA Connecticut manufacturers are also contributing to space exploration efforts beyond NASA. The Lee Co., for example, has supplied materials to SpaceX for its rockets. In September 2020, the manufacturer posted on social media a picture of a letter received from SpaceX, thanking The Lee Co. for its contribution to the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon rocket. Windsor-based Infinity Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Inc. has built prototype power units for the lunar rover and space station. It also provided the hydrogen fuel cell-based power and energy system that operated successfully last September aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard 23 flight. The Lee Co.'s primary machining area where it manufactures screens for NASA. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED