{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/kansas-reaches-stars-davids-highlights-states-role-artemis-ii-mission", "Kansas Reaches for the Stars: Davids Highlights State\u2019s Role in Artemis II Mission", "2026-04-10", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "As NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission prepares to return to Earth today, Representative Sharice Davids is highlighting the critical role Kansas companies \u2014 including two in Kansas\u2019 Third District \u2014 played in making the mission possible. The Artemis program, which Davids has voted to support multiple times, represents a new era of American leadership in space exploration, and Kansas workers and businesses are helping lead the way.\n\n\u201cFrom right here in Kansas, our workers and businesses are helping power one of the most ambitious space exploration efforts in decades,\u201d said Davids. \u201cArtemis II shows what\u2019s possible when we invest in innovation and American manufacturing. \u2018Ad astra per aspera\u2019 \u2014 to the stars through difficulties \u2014 isn\u2019t just our state motto, it\u2019s exactly what this mission represents. I\u2019m proud to see companies from the Third District contributing to a moment that\u2019s advancing science, strengthening our economy, and inspiring the next generation. I wish the crew a safe reentry and a successful return home.\u201d\n\nAccording to NASA data, multiple Kansas-based companies contributed key components and materials supporting the Artemis mission.\n\nKansas Third District\n\nMid State Aerospace, Olathe: supplied parts for the Space Launch System (SLS), the powerful rocket that carried the Orion spacecraft into deep space.\n\nU.S. Bank National Association, Overland Park: supported Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), which manage the infrastructure and operations needed to launch and recover Artemis missions.\n\nAcross Kansas\n\nD-J Engineering Inc., Augusta\n\nGalaxy Technologies, Winfield\n\nGlobe Engineering Co., Inc., Wichita\n\nMPM Inc., Wichita\n\nPerfekta, Inc., Wichita\n\nTopeka Foundry & Iron, Topeka\n\nVector Tooling Technologies, Winfield\n\nWesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., Wichita\n\nArtemis II is the first crewed mission in NASA\u2019s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and lay the groundwork for future missions to Mars. During the mission, astronauts traveled beyond low-Earth orbit, testing systems needed for long-duration deep space. The mission builds on Artemis I and is a key step toward establishing a sustained human presence on the Moon and beyond.", 1, "2026-04-29T06:03:53Z", "2026-04-29T06:05:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/kansas-reaches-stars-davids-highlights-states-role-artemis-ii-mission"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9498388972133398, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}