NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

#NASAMarshall's Intern Spotlight Series features interns who are dedicated to the NASA mission.?? Our first intern spotlight is Gabriel Holden, a junior at Iowa State University majoring in aerospace engineering. Learn more about what he's working on and learning during his time at Marshall Space Flight Center. To learn more about NASA Internships visit: https://lnkd.in/erqet2Zu

#NASAMarshall hosted a successful Safety Day ceremony for employees on Sept. 26. The theme for this year was “Safety Woven Throughout the Fabric of Marshall.” An employee breakfast was served before guest speaker and purpose coach Marceleus Venable shared insight with the Marshall team on how to take care of their physical and mental health. The keynote speaker, NASA astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei, also spoke with the workforce about being team players in NASA’s safety mission. The ceremony included awards, activities, and vendor booths that provided safety information to employees across a variety of topics.?????? “It is crucial to ensure that each of us weaves safety into everything we do, not only at work but in our daily lives,” Marshall Director Joseph Pelfrey said.

?? BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ?? NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge is officially open! Get the details about this waste management challenge and register to compete for its $3 million prize purse >> https://lnkd.in/er9cEix3

A new flag is reaching for the stars outside the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) at #NASAMarshall following a Sept. 19 ceremony. The Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:17 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, will be the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the orbiting laboratory under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Marshall’s key role within the Commercial Crew Program is to support certification that the spacecraft and launch vehicle are ready for launch. The support team performs engineering expertise, particularly for propulsion, as well as program management, safety and mission assurance, and spacecraft support. Go #Crew9!!!! You can stream the upcoming launch HERE >> https://lnkd.in/eY4g_GfD

#NASAMarshall scientists were featured speakers during a special celebration of "No Straight Lines," a new art mural by a local artist in Huntsville, Alabama. Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the celebratory event "Legacy of the Invisible" honored Huntsville's rich scientific legacy in astrophysics and the groundbreaking discoveries made possible by Huntsville's scientists and engineers. Speakers highlighted the Marshall Space Flight Center's crucial role in astrophysics research. Alongside the speakers, the event also offered members of the community the opportunity to meet the scientists who worked on some of NASA's most revolutionary astrophysics missions. The Marshall booth featured: the Apollo Telescope mount, which was the main science instrument on Skylab; The High Energy Astrophysics Program (HEAO); the BATSE Instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory; Chandra X-ray Observatory; Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope; IXPE; and Marshall's X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF).???? "No Straight Lines" is located in downtown Huntsville on the corner of Clinton Ave. and Washington St.

#NASAMarshall honored top contractors, subcontractors, teams, and individuals for fiscal year 2024 at the 38th meeting of the Marshall Small Business Alliance. The event took place Sept. 19 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Davidson Center for Space Exploration. Attendees from industry and government gathered to network, learn about business opportunities, and recognize outstanding achievements in support of NASA’s mission and the small business community. ???? To learn more about Marshall’s small business initiatives, visit: https://lnkd.in/efh8bxHc

An English as a Second Language class, a video on black holes, and a library card all led Chris Pereira to a career working on propelling NASA's Space Launch System rocket to the Moon. As the RS-25’s operations integrator for Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, Pereira plays a key role in the nation’s effort to return astronauts to the lunar surface through #Artemis. READ MORE >> https://lnkd.in/ee4shghe

Last week, #NASAMarshall's Space Launch System team was out and about at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, where they got to connect with passionate individuals from around the world. A special highlight was Sharon Cobb, associate manager for SLS, taking the stage to share updates and insights for SLS and the #Artemis campaign. Check out the latest news from #NASASLS here >> https://lnkd.in/e8jE5Hvb

HAPPENING NOW: Watch the finale of NASA's Watts on the Moon challenge, a $5 million, two-phase competition designed to develop breakthrough power transmission and energy storage technologies >> https://lnkd.in/e8N_fgnr

??? Jacob Onken remembers his father, Jay Onken, waking him up one morning at 3 a.m. when he was 9 years old to watch the International Space Station fly overhead. At the time, his dad was a POD – a payload operations director – at #NASAMarshall leading flight controllers who support science experiments aboard the orbiting laboratory 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Now, the younger Onken has started a new chapter in his career as a POD at Marshall, following in his father’s footsteps. The father and son are the first family members to serve in this role at Marshall. “I was lucky to have my dad, who understood the environment that I was working in,” he said. “I knew his work meant a lot to him. We were always close, but we got even closer. Bonding over the same things was special.” Jacob Onken says one of his career goals is to someday support payload operations on the lunar surface for the #Artemis missions.