The Albany Gazette - RETRANSMISSION: Helio Corporation Powers the New Lunar Era with Four Moon Missions, Including Artemis IV, as Artemis II Takes Flight

The upcoming Artemis II mission, part of the Artemis Program, NASA's initiative to return humans to the Moon and establish a long-term lunar presence, represents a historic inflection point. As humanity prepares to venture beyond low Earth orbit once again, Helio stands among a select group of companies whose technologies are not only enabling these missions but actively shaping their success. The company's consistent selection across multiple lunar programs underscores both its technical depth and its proven ability to deliver flight-ready systems under the most demanding conditions.

Helio's contributions extend across a diverse portfolio of lunar flight projects, including critical hardware for four Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions, a NASA program leveraging commercial providers to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface. Two of these have successfully flown on the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission and Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1, while Helio has delivered hardware for two upcoming CLPS missions scheduled for launch in the near future. Helio has also delivered flight hardware for a lunar orbiter developed by Firefly Aerospace scheduled for late 2026. By contributing to both orbital and surface-bound systems, Helio demonstrates a rare breadth of capability across mission profiles.

These missions, scheduled to launch in the near future, further reinforce Helio's role as a trusted supplier within NASA's evolving commercial ecosystem. Looking ahead, the company has already participated in proposals for five additional CLPS missions, signaling both confidence in its technology and a commitment to sustained participation in lunar exploration.

Helio's forward-looking contributions are equally significant. The company has been selected as part of the Artemis IV Deployed Instruments (A4DI) program, supporting future missions beyond Artemis II. Through this program, Helio will directly participate in the design and development of human-deployed scientific instruments for use on the lunar surface. These systems will be operated by astronauts during upcoming Artemis missions, marking a transition from supporting infrastructure to enabling hands-on lunar science.

The Moon has once again become the strategic high ground in space," said Gregory Delory, Chief Technology Officer of Helio Corporation. "Artemis builds on the legacy of Apollo, but with more people, more advanced technology, and far broader ambitions. This mission serves as a critical catalyst, signaling to the world that we are serious about returning to the Moon. It brings us closer than anyone has been since Apollo 17 in the 1970s. While momentum was lost after that era as global priorities shifted, Artemis represents a powerful reawakening-the beginning of a new and enduring space economy."

As the cadence of lunar missions accelerates, Helio's consistent presence across both government-led and commercial initiatives highlights a defining characteristic: reliability. In an industry where success is measured not just by innovation but by execution, Helio's track record of delivering flight hardware across multiple missions, without a single instance of failure, positions it as a trusted partner in the most ambitious endeavors of our time.

Looking beyond lunar exploration, Helio sees its experience as foundational to the next frontier-Space-Based Solar Power. This emerging capability will require not only cutting-edge technology but also the operational maturity to deploy, sustain, and scale complex systems in space. Helio's growing portfolio demonstrates that it is not enough to design advanced solutions for space's most persistent challenges, true leadership comes from flying those solutions successfully and repeatedly.

For More Information:

Ed Cabrera
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Helio Corporation
(956) 225-9639
[email protected]

About Helio Corporation

Helio is pioneering a new class of energy infrastructure-space-based power systems aka "Power plants in space" that captures solar energy beyond Earth's atmosphere and beams it safely and efficiently to the surface. Our vision is to establish orbital energy platforms as a foundational layer of the global power grid, delivering uninterrupted, carbon-free electricity at scale and reshaping how nations power cities, industries, and critical systems. Founded in 2018 as the 'problem solvers to the space industry,' Helio designs and delivers world-class space mechanisms, advanced antenna systems, and space design solutions; supporting NASA, private companies, universities, and global space agencies across missions ranging from small-scale programs to flagship space initiatives. We are proud to be a trusted partner to over a dozen space agencies, organizations, and companies across the globe. Our products can be found operating from the Sun to Jupiter. From NASA and European Space Agency to emerging private aerospace firms and academic institutions, we collaborate with some of the most innovative and forward-thinking players in the space industry.

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