Spectrum Technologies’ machines use lasers to print numbers and letters on to the wires used in spacecraft.
For the Artemis II mission, these were printed on to the wiring inside the Orion space capsule.
“All the wires are basically white, there are too many to colour code, so therefore each wire has a unique alpha-numeric identity code printed on it,” Dr Dickinson added.
A love of space begun when he was a boy, and he cited the 1969 Moon landing as an inspiration.
He said: “As a 15-year-old teenager I was absolutely riveted by the Apollo programme and watched the Moon landing at half past three in the morning – it put shivers up your back.
“That was a once in a lifetime, really quite amazing.”