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August’s Night Sky Notes: Seeing Double

Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you – you’re seeing double stars through that telescope! Learn about which double stars to spot this summer with August’s Night Sky Notes!

Posted August 1, 2024

Blogs

Sols 4261-4262: Drill Sol 1…Take 2

Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 As Cat mentioned on Monday, today’s plan is a second attempt at our Drill Sol 1 activities. We’ve shifted the target on Kings Canyon a little bit, but the activities remain the same — a preload test to ensure that we’re able to safely drill here, and contact […]

Posted August 1, 2024

System-Wide Safety

System-Wide Safety Project Description

A new era of aviation is here, and NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project is developing innovative data solutions to assure safe, rapid, and repeatable access to a transformed National Airspace System (NAS). SWS was created in 2018 and is part of NASA Aeronautics’ Airspace Operations and Safety Program.

Posted August 1, 2024

System-Wide Safety

System-Wide Safety Project Leadership

System-Wide Safety (SWS) project leaders are listed here. Project ManagerDr. Kyle EllisDeputy Project ManagerSummer BrandtAssociate Project ManagerDr. Wendy OkoloAssociate Project ManagerMichael VincentProject ScientistDr. Paul MinerSenior Technical Advisor for Aviation SafetyDr. Lance PrinzelSenior Technical Advisor for AutonomyDr.

Posted August 1, 2024

Game Changing Development Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration (CCTD)

The primary objective of the Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration (CCTD) project is to mature the technology readiness of composite cryogenic propellant tanks at diameters that are suitable for future heavy lift vehicles and other in-space applications.

Posted August 1, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for July 31, 2024

SLS Core Stage Rolls Inside Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center.

Posted July 31, 2024

NASA Centers & Facilities

Johnson Space Center

A Picture-Perfect Portrait: Eliza Hoffman’s Take on Dorothy Vaughan

On July 19, 2024, NASA officially named Johnson Space Center’s building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan is now the central feature at the entrance of the newly named building. This portrait was hand-painted by Eliza Hoffman, an accomplished artist who is also a […]

Posted July 31, 2024

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

2024 Software of the Year Co-Winner – Orbital Debris Engineering Model (ORDEM)

NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for engineering analysis. It is a data-driven model, relying on large quantities of radar, optical, in situ, and laboratory measurement data.

Posted July 31, 2024

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

2024 Software of the Year Award Co-Winner -Prognostics Python Packages (ProgPy)

NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health management, and predictive maintenance tools.

Posted July 31, 2024

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

2024 Invention of the Year Winner – Thrust Chamber Liner and Fabrication Method

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: A thrust chamber assembly (TCA) is the critical and central component in a rocket engine that provides thrust to propel a launch vehicle into space.

Posted July 31, 2024