In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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60 Years of Marshall Space Flight Center
On July 1, 1960, the technical and administrative core of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency became NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The transfer of this experienced group provided the young agency with a solid foundation in propulsion expertise. Sixty years of historic leaps and strides later, Marshall is celebrating its milestone anniversary with a look back at some of its most iconic accomplishments.
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Rocket Science in 60 Seconds: What Is NASA’s Rocket Train?
The booster segments for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will help launch Artemis I, the first lunar mission of NASA’s Artemis program. In this episode of Rocket Science in 60 Seconds, Northrop Grumman logistics specialist Jeff Bitner offers a closer look at the train that transports the rocket motors across America on their 2,800-mile journey from the manufacturing facilities in Utah to the launch facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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No Small Steps: The Brains of NASA’s SLS Rocket
In this episode of No Small Steps, host Stephen Granade takes you inside the Systems Integration Lab at Marshall for a close-up look at the brains of NASA’s powerful Space Launch System rocket. Inside the lab, the SLS team has flight computers and avionics that replicate those inside the rocket’s core stage and solid rocket boosters.
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Radar Points to Moon Being More Metallic Than Researchers Thought
Team members of the Miniature Radio Frequency instrument on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft found new evidence that the Moon’s subsurface might be richer in metals, like iron and titanium, than researchers thought. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by Marshall for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
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NASA Completes Artemis SLS Structural Testing Campaign
On June 24, Marshall engineers completed the Space Launch System rocket’s structural testing campaign for the Artemis lunar missions by testing the liquid oxygen structural test article to find its point of failure. Hydraulic cylinders were calibrated and positioned along the tank to apply millions of pounds of crippling force from all sides while engineers measured and recorded the effects of the launch and flight forces.
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