Acting NASA Administrator Duffy Selects Exploration-Focused Associate Administrator Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Wednesday named Amit Kshatriya as the new associate administrator of NASA, the agency’s top civil service role. A 20-year NASA veteran, Kshatriya was most recently the deputy in charge of the Moon to Mars Program in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In […] The post Acting NASA Administrator Duffy Selects Exploration-Focused Associate Administrator first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of Mars, are taking an extended trip to space courtesy of the United States Space Force. On Aug. 21, several pieces of webbing material, known as Zylon, which comprise the straps of the HIAD (Hypersonic Inflatable […] The post Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA Advances Precision Landing Technology with Field Test at Kennedy Landing on the Moon is not easy, particularly when a crew or spacecraft must meet exacting requirements. For Artemis missions to the lunar surface, those requirements include an ability to land within an area about as wide as a football field in any lighting condition amid tough terrain. NASA’s official lunar landing requirement is to […] The post NASA Advances Precision Landing Technology with Field Test at Kennedy first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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A 16.5-inch-long prototype of a robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons is reflected in the water’s surface during a test in a competition swimming pool in September 2024. #MiniRobot #NASA #NASARobot #SpaceTechnologymissionDirectorate
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Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. #LangleyResearchCenter #NASA #NASALangley #OralHistory #SpaceTechnologymissionDirectorate #StephenGJurczyk
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