During the Sample Return Robot Challenge NASA Social, we got to meet and listen to several people from NASA who work at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Andrew Keys is the Chief Technologist at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Dr. Keys works with Sam Ortega, the Program Manager for the Sample Return Robot Challenge.
Getting to see Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on one of the last tours was by chance. I had arrived a day early for the official rollover last November, so I visited Kennedy Space Center and took the regular tour that was included in the regular admission.
Over the last several years as the Space Shuttle Program was winding down, I had the opportunity to take the tour. Each time I took the tour, it was different from the last, often missing a stop from the previous tour.
JetBlue did customer service right twice today. I called in to ask for a clarification on boarding logistics. The agent responded in such a positive way, commending me for such a great question, and answering it so concisely, that it led to a positive tweet from me.
Today I was going down a list of NASA Social participants for tomorrow’s SpaceX launch event. I was looking for people I’ve met before in person or have interacted with/followed on Twitter. Some people are more active or provide higher quality content that stand out and become a staple in the community.
Global Hawk Project Manager Chris Naftel and Northrop Grumman Global Hawk pilots Kent Fuller and Stephen Sipprell talked with participants at the NASA Airborne Earth Science Event about the Global Hawk and its capabilities. Global Hawk was originally developed for the Air Force. They built seven demonstrators that were tested at Edwards Air Force Base. When they were ready to build production airplanes, the demonstrators became available for other uses. NASA requested that the Air Force give them the excess airplanes about five years ago. The 872 was the sixth airplane built. The 871 is the first Global Hawk built. It first flew in 1998.
At the NASA Airborne Earth Science Event I was invited to at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Ken Jucks, Upper Atmosphere Research Program Manager at NASA Headquarters, spoke to us about the satellites and aircraft that are used to answer science questions.
Tall canyon walls of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park leave visitors in amazement at the natural formations millions of years of…
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and former Astronaut John Grunsfeld took time out of his busy schedule at the American Geophysical Union’s meeting on December 4th to talk to attendees of the NASA Social.
At 6,643 feet high, Clingman’s Dome is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and one of the highest peaks in the…
