Week of Feb. 25 – Mar. 1, 2019
NASA Covers Large SLS Liquid Hydrogen Tank with Foam Insulation
Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed the application of the thermal protection systems on the149-foot-long liquid hydrogen tank for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. Now, the tank is being prepared for joining with other major structures to form the rocket’s 212-foot core stage.
Rhega Gordon Named Center Chief Financial Officer for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA has announced the appointment of Rhega Gordon to the Senior Executive Service position of center chief financial officer for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
(VIDEO 1:00) Faces of Technology: Arthur Werkheiser
Arthur Werkheiser, project manager for cryogenics at Marshall, works on high-energy propulsion solutions for space exploration missions. He manages the safe storage of cryogenic liquid fuels to enable efficient space travel through our solar system.
Astronauts Assemble Tools to Test Space Tech
Technology drives exploration for future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. For spacecraft to journey farther and last longer, we’ll need to store and transfer super-cold liquids used for fuel and life support systems in space. In December 2018, the Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) launched to the International Space Station to do just that — transfer and store cryogenic fuel in space for the first time.
Galactic Bubbles Play Cosmic Pinball with Energetic Particles
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show that in NGC 3079 a cosmic particle accelerator is producing ultra-energetic particles in the rims of the superbubbles. These particles can be much more energetic than those created by Europe’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful human-made particle accelerator.
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