NASA seminar: Artemis II Mission Overview

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/16/2026
11:10 am - 12:10 pm

Location
CSU - Washkewicz Hall

Categories

• Cleveland Section
• Computers
• Control Systems
• NASA
• Women

Overview of NASA’s Artemis II Mission, highlighting NASA Glenn Research Center’s contributions to the mission. The discussion includes photos and video highlights from onboard the Orion spacecraft as crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen made the 9.5 day journey around the moon and back. artemis_ii_mission_overview_flyer_2026

Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/579109

Speaker Biography:

Katie Oriti is the Manager of the Orion European Service Module (ESM) Integration Office and NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) Division Chief of the Exploration Systems Integration Office. In this role she is responsible for the Orion European Service Module (ESM) and oversight of the Argonaut Integration Team supporting NASA’s Moon Base program. As the manager of the Orion ESM Integration Office, Katie is responsible for working with international partners to develop, build, deliver, integrate and operate the ESM as part of the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions. She led the ESM team through the Certification of Flight Readiness and the Artemis II mission and is currently focusing efforts on Artemis III and future missions.

Katie started her career as a NASA civil servant on the Orion program as a Thermal Systems engineer on the Orion Service Module Passive Thermal Control System team during the design and development of the Orion Service Module (SM) and the transition to the Orion European Service Module (ESM). She took a break from the Orion program for a few years to lead a CubeSat project to experience hands on spaceflight hardware development and full project lifecycle, before returning to the Orion program in the ESM Integration Office (EIO). Since her return to Orion in the ESM Integration Office, she took on increasing responsibilities including Artemis I Mission Evaluation Room (MER) manager and EIO Deputy Manager, before assuming the EIO Manager position.

Katie is a graduate of Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Biomedical Sciences minor. Outside of work she enjoys exercising, traveling and spending time with her family.