Week of April 25 – April 29, 2016
Jody Singer Harnesses ‘Need For Speed’ to Make Things Move at NASA
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Deputy Director Jody Singer likes to make things move. Fast. At 9 she was galloping horses. Later came cars and rockets, including the Space Launch System — the latest chapter in Marshall’s efforts to launch human explorers to space.
Animation Shows Alabama Landscape Recovery Five Years After Tornado Outbreak
Five years after a severe weather outbreak across the southeastern United States that resulted in 199 tornadoes and over 300 fatalities, the Marshall-based Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center has used satellite imagery to show how the Alabama landscape recovered from the outbreak.
NASA Helps Forecast Zika Risk
Looking at key factors that contribute to the spread of Zika virus, like temperature, rainfall and socioeconomic factors, Marshall scientists are working to understand where and when a potential outbreak may occur. Researchers from Marshall have developed a Zika risk map to help government agencies and health organizations better prepare for possible disease outbreaks.
Booster Segment Answers ‘Casting’ Call for First Flight of SLS
Production of the solid-rocket booster for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System has begun at Orbital ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah. During the 2018 flight, called Exploration Mission-1, SLS will carry an unmanned Orion spacecraft thousands of miles beyond the moon and help NASA prepare for human missions to deep space, including Mars.
NASA Rocket Fuel Pump Tests Pave Way for Methane-Fueled Mars Lander
Marshall engineers recently tested a 3-D printed rocket engine turbopump powered by an ideal propellant for engines needed to power many types of spacecraft for NASA’s journey to Mars — liquid methane. Methane propulsion and 3-D printing are key technologies for the future of exploration.
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