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Thousands of materials are used on

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the Space Launch System rocket
and Orion spacecraft.

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Here are a few companies across America
that supply those.

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Titanium that secures the rocket engines
and their feed lines to SLS

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is provided by Kencoa
Aerospace in Georgia.

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Miles of tubing are provided
by LeFiell Manufacturing in California

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for cooling the rocket's engines.

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Various metals and composite materials
for the rocket's propulsion

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systems are provided by T.W.

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Metals in Pennsylvania,
Constellium Rolled Products in West Virginia

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and Solvay Composite Materials
in Minnesota. In Colorado

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Primus Aerospace offers
material and machining for water jetting,

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a process that uses a high pressure water
mixture to cut

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into thick plates of titanium
for building Orion.

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Textile materials used on Artemis
for thermal protection

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are provided by Amorim Cork

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Composites
in Wisconsin, ICF Mercantile in New Jersey

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and Tex Tech Coatings in North Carolina.