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NASA Wallops to Support November Launch Operations

This September 2024 aerial photograph shows the coastal launch range at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Wallops is the agency’s only owned-and-operated launch range. Courtesy Patrick J. Hendrickson; used with permission NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia…

Science + Spacecraft

Sentinel-6 Earth Sentinel-6 Missions Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Sentinel-6B Science + Spacecraft The Sentinel-6B spacecraft consists of a main satellite bus, which holds three science instruments contributed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. As part of this U.S.-European mission,…

Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB)

VAB designs and evaluates revolutionary aircraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, with a focus on advancing aeronautics and space exploration. VAB supports decision makers by providing independent analysis and evaluation of vehicle system concepts and vehicle design. Meet the VAB Team…

Christopher Hullman

Christopher Hullman Title: Aerospace Engineer – Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB)Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) The post Christopher Hullman appeared first on NASA Science.

Mission Facts About ESCAPADE

ESCAPADE will study how Mars’ magnetosphere – the magnetized area of space around the planet – interacts with the solar wind, and the processes driving its atmospheric escape. Rocket Lab NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers) mission will…

VAB Employee Biographies

SACD Systems Analysis and Concepts… Leadership and Personnel Directorate Leadership Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch Space Mission Analysis Branches Vehicle Analysis Branch Expertise Contact Us Learn more about our work Meet the people who support VAB Alkamhawi, Hilmi Axdahl, Erik Bennett,…

Mahesh Kovilakam

Mahesh Kovilakam Senior Research Scientist, Contractor, Stratospheric Aerosols and Gas Experiment, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Follow Mahesh Mahesh earned his PhD from the University of Wyoming in 2012 with a degree in atmospheric sciences. He completed his PhD…

Caitlyn Stone

Caitlyn Stone Deputy Mission Operations Manager, Contractor, Stratospheric Aerosols and Gas Experiment, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Caitlyn Stone joined the SAGE III/ISS Team in the fall of 2018 as a mission operations engineer after graduating from Virginia Tech…