NASA Building SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis II
Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are building the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in NASA’s Artemis program. The SLS rocket’s 212-foot-tall core stage provides more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help send astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon.
Meet Marshall’s Caleb Fassett, Who Discovered Next Mars Rover Landing Site
Next week, NASA’s Perseverance Rover will begin its six-month journey to Mars’ Jezero Crater – thanks in part to a discovery made more than 15 years ago by planetary scientist Caleb Fassett of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Centennial Challenges Celebrates Marshall’s 60th
Marshall has been home to NASA’s Centennial Challenges program for 10 years. Centennial created a video to celebrate Marshall’s 60th anniversary and to thank the center for its help in challenging Americans to ask, “What if?”
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Juno Takes First Images of Jovian Moon Ganymede’s North Pole
On its way inbound for a 2019 flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew in the proximity of the north pole of the moon Ganymede. The infrared imagery collected by the spacecraft provides the first infrared mapping of the massive moon’s northern frontier. Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed at Marshall.
NASA Mentor-Protégé Program Cultivates Space Industry Firms’ Skills, Know-how – and Talent Pool
NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Program facilitates agreements between the agency’s large contractors and eligible small businesses and academic institutions. In 2019, NASA appointed Marshall’s small business office to lead the program. Marshall is a five-time recipient of the NASA Small Business Administrator’s Cup, which is presented to the field center with the best overall small business program.
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