Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions
11 May 2026, 20:51 GMT
By Sumer Loggins
Topic: Johnson Space Center
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/nicholas-houghton-engineering-crew-safety-for-artemis-ii/
Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design systems that keep crews safe during missions aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, including the successful Artemis II mission around the Moon. After joining NASA as a Pathways intern, Houghton later became a full-time engineer on the Orion Crew Survival Systems (OCSS)