official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Helen Ling, seen here in a photo from Feb. 16, 1973, was influential in the inclusion of women in STEM positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After majoring in Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame—the only woman to do so at the time—Ling joined her brother in working atContinue reading “Helen Ling, Changemaker”
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Facility Systems Safety Engineer and Fall Protection Program Administrator Thu Nguyen
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I went back to school in 2016. So I had two kids that were three and five, and I was working full time, and I was doing the master’s program, taking two classes online. It took two years to get it done, and it was like a balancing act, andContinue reading “Facility Systems Safety Engineer and Fall Protection Program Administrator Thu Nguyen”
Deputy Program Manager Vir Thanvi
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I had the privilege of being the very first project manager for [the] Near Space Network (NSN), and in my current role as deputy program manager for [the] Exploration and Space Communications Division, it is still in my portfolio. NSN is one of the [agency’s two] communication and navigation networks. Continue reading “Deputy Program Manager Vir Thanvi”
NASA Marshall Team Supports Safe Travels for Space Station Science
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Jessica Barnett During the International Space Stations more than 25 years of operation, there have been more than 3,000 experiments conducted aboard the microgravity laboratory and making sure scientific samples are kept safe through launch, spaceflight, experimentation, and the return trip to Earth takes a great deal of planning,Continue reading “NASA Marshall Team Supports Safe Travels for Space Station Science”
Hubble Captures a Bright Spiral in the Queen’s Hair
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689, which lies 54 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. This constellation has the distinction of being the only one of the 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as one namedContinue reading “Hubble Captures a Bright Spiral in the Queen’s Hair”
Rae Ann Meyer Named Deputy Director of NASA Marshall
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rae Ann Meyer has been selected as deputy director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective June 2. In this role, Meyer will assist in leading Marshall’s nearly 7,000 on-site and near-site civil service and contractor employees and an annual budget of approximately $5 billion. She willContinue reading “Rae Ann Meyer Named Deputy Director of NASA Marshall”
NASA Selects Technology Transfer Services Contractor
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to provide support for the agency’s Technology Transfer Program. The performance-based firm-fixed price contract has a potential mission services value of $26 million and a maximum potential indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity value of $55Continue reading “NASA Selects Technology Transfer Services Contractor”
What is 3D-MAT?
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A thermal protection material for the Artemis Generation The 3-Dimensional Multifunctional Ablative Thermal Protection System (3D-MAT) is a thermal protection material developed as a critical component of Orion, NASA’s newest spacecraft built for human deep space missions. It is able to maintain a high level of strength while enduring extremeContinue reading “What is 3D-MAT?”
Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Researchers analyzing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old. Webb’s data shows these galaxies are surrounded by gas that the researchers suspect to be almost purely hydrogen and helium, theContinue reading “Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas”
40 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 10th Group of Astronauts
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On May 23, 1984, NASA announced the selection of its 10th group of astronauts. Chosen from nearly 5,000 applicants, the group comprised 17 astronaut candidates – seven pilots and 10 mission specialists – and included three women and one Hispanic American. They reported for duty on July 2 to beginContinue reading “40 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 10th Group of Astronauts”