NESC Key In-Progress Technical Activities - NASA
The portfolio of current NESC technical activities reaches across mission directorates and programs encompassing design, test, and flight phases.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
The portfolio of current NESC technical activities reaches across mission directorates and programs encompassing design, test, and flight phases.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplinesMeagan Chappell (NASA)
NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission launched from KSC on November 16, 2022. After a successful mission that included orbiting the Moon, the Orion spacecraftMeagan Chappell (NASA)
NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics,Meagan Chappell (NASA)
Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sightMeagan Chappell (NASA)
Download PDF: Statistical Analysis Using Random Forest Algorithm Provides Key Insights into Parachute Energy Modulator SystemMeagan Chappell (NASA)
Download PDF: Contact Dynamics Predictions Utilizing theNESC Parameterless Contact ModelMeagan Chappell (NASA)
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
This article is from the 2024 Technical UpdateMeagan Chappell (NASA)
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2024 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes theDaniel Hoffpauir (NASA)
Linda Spuler, emergency manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, believes that everyone has a story. “Our stories highlight what we have in common,Sumer Loggins (NASA)
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requiresDede Dinius (NASA)
Download PDF: Innovation that Impacts All NASA Missions: Improving How We Engineer Our SystemsMeagan Chappell (NASA)
Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone SystemsMeagan Chappell (NASA)
A strategy for transferring spacecraft trajectories between flight mechanics tools, called Trajectory Reverse Engineering (TRE), has been developed. ThisMeagan Chappell (NASA)
The Structures Technical Discipline Team (TDT) was involved in numerous investigations this past year, but composites, fracture mechanics, and pressureMeagan Chappell (NASA)
This article is from the 2023 Technical Update.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
The year 2023 was productive for the Loads & Dynamics (L&D) Technical Discipline Team (TDT). New shock and modal analysis techniques were developedMeagan Chappell (NASA)
The Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS) is an annual event cosponsored by the NESC's Thermal Control & Protection, Environmental Control &Meagan Chappell (NASA)
As NASA continues to pursue new human missions to low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, the lunar surface, and on to Mars, the NESC continues to provide a robustMeagan Chappell (NASA)
The software discipline has broad involvement across each of the NASA Mission Directorates. Some recent discipline focus and development areas are highlightedMeagan Chappell (NASA)
By Andrew Chaikin, Independent Space Historian and member of the NESC Human Factors Technical Discipline TeamMeagan Chappell (NASA)
Operational modal analysis (OMA) techniques have been used to identify the modal characteristics of the Artemis I launch vehicle during the Dynamic RolloutMeagan Chappell (NASA)
NASA Technical Memorandums (TM), NASA Technical Publications (TP), and NASA Contractor Reports (CR) NASA/TP-20220015152 Optimization Approach for WindMeagan Chappell (NASA)
NESC Honor Awards are given each year to NASA employees, industry representatives, and other stakeholders for their efforts and achievements in engineering,Meagan Chappell (NASA)
After reflecting on the more than 1,200 assessments completed by the NESC over the last 20 years, Director Tim Wilson selected these assessments as his topMeagan Chappell (NASA)
The NESC has released a technical bulletin for the Avionics community.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
The NESC has released a technical bulletin for the Software Engineering community.Meagan Chappell (NASA)