In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

	August 31, 2018  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Week of Aug. 27 – 31, 2018   Huntsville Engineer Featured on NASA’s Faces of Technology Video Series Meet Justin Jackson, materials engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Jackson makes composite rocket structures with high strength, low weight, and precise manufacturing techniques to ensure safe human space flight.   Ironing Out the Difficulties of Moving Fluids in Space Reliable, efficient pumping and other fluid transportation tasks are particularly important in the design of next-generation space vehicles. An investigation aboard the International Space Station -- the PAPELL experiment -- studies moving fluids with the power of magnets instead of using pumps with mechanical moving parts. The ability to move fluids smoothly from one place to another in microgravity could eliminate many potential wrinkles in space exploration.   Avionics: The 'Brains' Command NASA’s Deep Space Rocket Lifting off the launch pad with over 8 million pounds of thrust and reaching space soaring at speeds of almost 25,000 miles per hour in just over 8 minutes requires more than power -- it requires brains. The huge hardware being built for NASA’s new 322-foot-tall deep space rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), often grabs the spotlight, but the “brains” of the rocket -- the avionics and software that will guide the rocket’s flight -- direct all that power.   NASA’s New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Flyby Target NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has made its first detection of its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, more than four months ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter.   Teams Win a Share of $120,000 in Foundation Construction Stage of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Competition Three teams will share a $120,000 prize offered in the second of five levels of phase 3 of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Centennial Challenge competition. The goal of the public challenge is to create sustainable shelters suitable for the Moon, Mars or beyond using resources available on site. The five levels put teams to the test in all areas of 3D-printing, from using software to design habitats to developing materials that can be used to print a physical structure. For more information or to learn about other happenings at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, visit NASA Marshall. For past issues of the ICYMI newsletter, click here.
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