October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... chief he has provided systems support for avionics, software, and other key systems for the ISS, Orion, and Commercial Crew. Kate Rubins was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2009. She completed her first spaceflight...
November 2018
Being human in space
... sensory memories of our evolutionary ‘home’. Contemporary spaceships - so far our reference spacecraft must be NASA’s Orion - raise the question, is the human consciousness capable of withdrawing itself from a fully technologically and functionally...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... currently serves as the NASA Lead for Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) on the European Service Module of the Orion Program. He received a BS in Engineering and a BA in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In his...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
..., engineers and mathematicians. Our 110,000 square foot facility is home to the Apollo 12 Command Module, the Orion test capsule, a collection of more than 30 aircraft spanning 100 years of flights and interactive exhibits that explore...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... to make interstellar missions plausible. The first engineering attempt to build a fusion-propelled rocket, based on Freeman Dyson’s Orion concept, began in the late 1950s. Dr Dyson’s idea was to use a series of fusion explosions – effectively ‘bombs...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... and converters have also been demonstrated in several projects around the world. Artist’s impression of the Orion spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Radiation shielding The most promising option for transporting large spacecraft efficiently...
