March 2024

NASA Engineering and Safety Center
The software discipline has broad involvement across each of the NASA Mission Directorates. Some recent discipline focus and development areas are highlighted below, along with a look at the Software Technical Discipline Team’s (TDT) approach to evolving discipline best practices toward the future.
Posted March 12, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Missions
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 completed the agency’s seventh commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday after splashing down safely in a Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. The international crew of four spent 199 days in orbit.
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
By Andrew Chaikin, Independent Space Historian and member of the NESC Human Factors Technical Discipline Team  I recently watched NESC Deputy Director Mike Kirsch stand before a roomful of engineers at the Langley Research Center and tell them that with every passing day, NASA breaks a record: the longest stretch without a major accident in […]
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Operational modal analysis (OMA) techniques have been used to identify the modal characteristics of the Artemis I launch vehicle during the Dynamic Rollout Test (DRT) and Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) configuration prior to launch. Forces induced during rollout and on the launch pad are not directly measurable, thus necessitating a unique approach.
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Interview with NESC Director, Tim Wilson  Upon reaching its 20th year of operations at NASA in 2023, the NESC is busier than it has ever been. With a portfolio of more than 160 in-progress requests from Agency programs, NESC Director Tim Wilson spends much of his day prioritizing, allocating funds from the organization’s fixed budget […]
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
NASA Technical Memorandums (TM), NASA Technical Publications (TP), and NASA Contractor Reports (CR)  Technical Papers, Conference Proceedings, and Technical Presentations Avionics   Flight Mechanics Loads and Dynamics Software Space Environments Structures Systems Engineering Thermal Control and Protection 
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
NESC Honor Awards are given each year to NASA employees, industry representatives, and other stakeholders for their efforts and achievements in engineering, leadership, teamwork, and communication.
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
After reflecting on the more than 1,200 assessments completed by the NESC over the last 20 years, Director Tim Wilson selected these assessments as his top three. They were selected because they would likely have the greatest and most lasting impact on human life and the furtherance of the NESC mission. He shared why their […]
Posted March 12, 2024
NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide support services in four broad technical areas including environmental, institutional operational safety, occupational health, aeronautics and space systems, and ground support equipment mission assurance.
Posted March 11, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Earth's Moon
Eclipses
Solar Eclipses
Uncategorized
How do we know exactly where and when the Moon will cast its shadow? Eclipse prediction depends on understanding the positions and movements of the Moon, Sun, and Earth. Modern maps build on a long human history of eclipse forecasting. And since 2009, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been mapping the Moon in unprecedented detail.
Posted March 11, 2024
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