NASA, University of Alabama to Collaborate on Advanced, In-space Manufacturing
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is expanding its partnership with the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to collaborate on advanced and in-space manufacturing. Marshall Director Jody Singer and University of Alabama President Stuart Bell signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov. 6.
Third RS-25 Engine Added to NASA Moon Rocket at Michoud
NASA, Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans attached the third RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket Nov. 5. The engine is one of four RS-25 engines that will provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust to send Artemis I, the first mission of SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft, to the Moon.
NASA Engineer Fulfills Childhood Dream of Working for Space Program
Sara Rengifo, a native of Colombia, is a tribology and metrology engineer at Marshall, working to provide data and analysis on NASA hardware. Tribology is the study of lubrication, friction and wear. Metrology is the study of measurement.
Astronauts Unload U.S. Resupply Ship to Continue Advanced Space Research
A new U.S. resupply ship is open for business and the Internatonal Space Station Expedition 61 crew has begun unloading over 4 tons of new science experiments and station hardware. The investigations aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft range from research into human control of robotics in space to reprocessing fibers for 3D printing. Marshall manages science operations for the station.
NASA Opens Previously Unopened Apollo Sample Ahead of Artemis Missions
NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17, marking the first time in more than 40 years a pristine sample of rock and regolith from the Apollo era has been opened. It sets the stage for scientists to practice techniques to study future samples collected on Artemis missions.
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