Green Run Update: Data and Inspections Indicate Core Stage in Good Condition
The Space Launch System rocket Green Run team has reviewed extensive data and completed preliminary inspections that show the rocket’s hardware is in excellent condition after the Green Run test that ignited all the engines Jan.16 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. After analyzing initial data, the team determined that the shutdown after firing the engines for 67.2-seconds was triggered by test parameters that were intentionally conservative to ensure the safety of the core stage during the test.
22 Teams Crack Code, Qualify for Final Stage of NASA Space Robotics Challenge
NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston has selected 22 qualifying teams to compete in the competition round of Phase 2 of the Space Robotics Challenge. Phase 2 is a $1 million prize competition to advance autonomous robotic operations for space exploration missions on the surface of other worlds, such as the Moon and Mars.
Marshall 2020 Center-Level Virtual Honor Awards Ceremony
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, held a virtual Center-Level Honor Awards Ceremony, which included congratulatory remarks from Marshall Director Jody Singer, Deputy Director Paul McConnaughey, and Associate Director Steve Miley, and a keynote address from Clayton Turner, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center 2020 Year in Review
2020 was a year unlike any other – but Marshall continued to move NASA’s Artemis program forward, while studying the far reaches of the universe and teaching the next generation of scientists and explorers back on Earth.
Researchers Rewind Clock to Calculate Age, Site of Supernova Blast
Astronomers are winding back the clock on the expanding remains of a nearby, exploded star. By using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, they retraced the speedy shrapnel from the blast to calculate a more accurate estimate of the location and time of the stellar detonation.
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