NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Elevated to Stage 3

Article Excerpt: "... Marshall has been elevated to Stage 3 and is in mandatory telework status, with restricted access to the center until further notice..."

Reference: www.nasa.gov

Who Got America to the Moon? An Unlikely Collaboration of Jewish and Former Nazi Scientists

Article Excerpt: "... two men met over a bottle of Jack Daniel's...On one side of the bottle was Wernher von Braun, the engineering genius who had developed the world's first ballistic missile for Adolf Hitler... but now ran NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. On the other side was Abraham Silverstein..."

Reference: www.military.com

A Year of Surprising Science From NASA's InSight Mars Mission

Article Excerpt: "... About InSight: A division of Caltech in Pasadena, JPL manages InSight for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. InSight is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built the InSight spacecraft, including its cruise stage and lander, and supports spacecraft operations for the mission..."

Reference: mars.nasa.gov

NASA selects four possible missions to study the secrets of the solar system

Article Excerpt: "... The concepts were chosen from proposals submitted in 2019 under NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO) NNH19ZDA010O, Discovery Program. The selected investigations will be managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the Discovery Program..."

Reference: phys.org

TRIDENT Mission Concept Led by USRA's Louise Prockter Among Four Selected by NASA's Discovery Program

Article Excerpt: "... The selected investigations will be managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the Discovery Program. The Discovery Program conducts space science investigations in the Planetary Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, guided by NASA’s agency priorities and the Decadal Survey process of the National Academy of Sciences..."

Reference: usra.edu

NASA leaders praise Trump budget that gives NASA in Alabama $3 billion for space missions

Article Excerpt: "... President Trump's budget, if approved, funds NASA for $25 billion next year and the Marshall Space Flight Center would get around $3 billion. That's a nearly 12% increase from last year's proposal..."

Reference: whnt.com

Marshall, NASA to Honor Fallen Astronaut Heroes Jan. 30

Article Excerpt: "... On Jan. 30, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and the NASA family nationwide will honor the brave explorers -- including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia -- who lost their lives in the pursuit of scientific discovery and the betterment of all humankind. Marshall will host a candle-lighting ceremony at 9 a.m. CST in the lobby of Building 4200. Speakers will ..."

Reference: www.spaceref.com

NASA Proposes Robotic Pallet Lander Concept For Cheaper Moon Missions

Article Excerpt: "... "As robotic lunar landers grow to accommodate larger payloads, simple but high-performing landers with a contiguous payload volume will be needed," says Logan Kennedy, the project's lead systems engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama..."

Reference: www.gizbot.com

Senate’s 2020 budget gives NASA $1.2B more for Moon shot

Article Excerpt: "... The Senate has passed a fiscal year 2020 budget that gives a $1.25 billion boost to NASA’s plans to return to the Moon by 2024. Most of that goes to a key rocket program managed in Alabama ..."

Reference: www.al.com

NASA Announces New Tipping Point Partnerships for Moon and Mars Technologies

Article Excerpt: "... SpaceX will collaborate with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to develop and test coupler prototypes – or nozzles – for refueling spacecraft such as the company’s Starship vehicle. A cryogenic fluid coupler for large-scale in-space propellant transfer is an important technology to aid sustained exploration efforts on the Moon and Mars. ..."

Reference: spacecoastdaily.com

NASA's Dragonfly Drone Will Fly Around Titan Looking For Origins, Signs Of Life

Article Excerpt: "... The program is managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Planetary Science Division in Washington. “The New Frontiers program has transformed our understanding of the solar system, uncovering the inner structure and composition of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere, discovering the icy secrets of..."

Reference: www.aero-news.net

14 NASA Sites Every Space Nerd Must Visit

Article Excerpt: "... There are several reasons to visit this NASA site in Huntsville, Alabama but the biggest is the chance to see a true National Historic Landmark—an authentic Saturn V rocket—one of only three in the world, along with the Jupiter IRBM ..."

Reference: www.rd.com

NASA picks Alabama's 'Rocket City' for lunar lander job

Article Excerpt: "... NASA picked Alabama's "Rocket City" on Friday to lead development of the next moon lander for astronauts. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville beat out Johnson Space Center in Houston, which managed the Apollo lunar lander..."

Reference: www.wtsp.com

SpaceX, Lockheed, Blue Origin, others get new NASA moon contracts

Article Excerpt: "... The testing of a compact hydrogen generator for inflatable heat shields, which could help deliver larger payloads to Mars, comes in a deal with Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and Anasphere Inc. of Bozeman, Mont..."

Reference: www.upi.com

VP Pence reaffirms administration support for "moon-first" strategy

Pence reaffirms administration support for "moon-first" strategy

Article Excerpt: "... He also said the administration strongly supports continued development of the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift booster, built by Boeing and managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule that will carry astronauts to the moon..."

Reference: www.cbsnews.com

Blue Origin test fires BE-7 engine at Marshall Space Flight Center

Article Excerpt: "... The hotfire test lasted a little over half a minute, and went according to plan. It was carried out at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In a Thursday, June 20 tweet, containing video footage of the test firing, Bezos wrote that, “Data looks great and hardware is in perfect condition..."

Reference: www.digitaltrends.com

Great Places to Celebrate Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary

Article Excerpt: "... Watch a really big rocket launch at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Huntsville, Ala., is known as Rocket City because the Saturn V was developed there at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Huntsville is also home to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, which will pay tribute to the city's history by attempting to break the Guinness World Record with the simultaneous launch of 5,000 model rockets at 8:32 a.m. CT. (Guests can watch from outside at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis.) Inside the museum, visitors can build and launch their own rocket. (Tickets: $25 per adult, $17 per child, kids under 4 free..."

Reference: www.aarp.org

TO THE MOON: NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar Landers

Article Excerpt: "... To expedite the work, NASA is invoking undefinitized contract actions, which allow the agency to authorize partners to start a portion of the work, while negotiations toward contract award continue in parallel.

“We’re taking major steps to begin development as quickly as possible, including invoking a NextSTEP option that allows our partners to begin work while we’re still negotiating,” said Greg Chavers, human landing system formulation manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama..."

Reference: spacecoastdaily.com

Vanderbilt wins NASA’s 2019 Student Launch Competition, sixth in 12 years

Article Excerpt: "... This year, 45 college and university teams participated in the eight-month design marathon conducted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, culminating in rocket and payload competition flights on April 6. The Vanderbilt team will receive a $5,000 award from NASA Marshall Industry Partner Northrop Grumman for their win..."

Reference: vanderbilt.edu

Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish rocket engine Test Stand 4670 at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama

A new Delta 2, Blue Origin inks with NASA, a fiery Falcon Heavy

Article Excerpt: "... NASA and Blue Origin formalize engine test deal. Under a new Commercial Space Launch Act agreement signed with NASA, Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish Test Stand 4670 at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to support testing of its BE-3U and BE-4 rocket engines..."

Reference: arstechnica.com