| Fifty or so years ago, a popular science fiction show about space exploration began airing. Not a novel subject for the 1960’s; however, it was set apart by the ship’s crew, who at the time were as fictional as the fantastic voyages undertaken. The plot depicted Americans and Russians working together at the height of [...]
| Mars Rover + Rocket + Trajectory = My Job I work for NASA with the Launch Services Program (LSP) at Kennedy Space Center. So what does LSP do? LSP interfaces between the rocket and NASA unmanned spacecraft. The rockets, or launch vehicles, are actually owned by companies, not NASA. So LSP has to be the [...]
| We are now ready to see the world's only permanent outpost in space come into its full potential as a unique platform for scientific research and technology development. That's why I work on the International Space Station Program.
| You see, my students aren’t your everyday students. They are the men and women that will fly on spacecraft and live on the International Space Station for months at a time.
