04/02/2026
We're impressed by the work our clients do, but not many play an actual role in space missions. 🚀🌕 Leaves us inspired by this innovative, Wyoming-based company doing big things, again and again!
🎉CHEERS to L&H Industrial -- transforming machines that are transforming our future!!!
Tonight, humans go back to the Moon. 🌙🚀
NASA's Artemis II launches TODAY from Kennedy Space Center — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. Four astronauts will make a 10-day journey around the Moon and back, making history every mile of the way.
We're incredibly proud to share that L&H Industrial has played a direct role in making this mission possible.
Our team — right here in Gillette, Wyoming — was trusted by NASA for two critical projects at Kennedy Space Center:
**1. Upgrading the Crawler-Transporter 2**
This is the massive machine that carries the rocket from the assembly building to the launch pad. L&H manufactured over 1,300 precision components and rebuilt all 16 gearboxes to increase its payload by 6 million pounds. Those parts are underneath tonight's rocket right now.
**2. Manufacturing the Flame Deflector Cladding Plates for Pad 39B**
When Artemis I's launch damaged the flame deflector system, NASA called on L&H to manufacture stronger, more durable cladding plates to protect the pad at liftoff. Tonight, that structure takes on nearly 9 million pounds of thrust.
From a machine shop in Wyoming to a launch pad in Florida — we are proud that the quality and character of our people helped pave the way for one of the greatest moments in space exploration history.
**Tune in tonight and watch history happen.**
📺 Watch live starting at 12:50 p.m. EDT: https://go.nasa.gov/4bZGjm1
🚀 Liftoff no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT
Read the entire article: https://bit.ly/4bVoOmJ
Godspeed, Artemis II. 🚀🌕