February 2018
Journey of inspiration
...woodworking and other crafts, and one day to work at NASA. NASA mentors Shortly after graduating from college I started a job...selection In 2000, I was selected into the 18th class of NASA Astronauts – something that’s still very surreal. Our class was...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... where the realities of money set in. I discovered, however, that there was some money available. For decades, NASA would send a representative to live in Canberra to be an interface between the tracking station, government, the site’s operations and...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
...that were already sitting there. It began to work with NASA to come up with some frame of reference for addressing the... build on the protocols suggested in the July 2011 NASA/NASM document seeking international perspectives and concurrence and taking ...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...technology-driven human space exploration paradigm. About the author Tibor Balint is a Principal Human Centred Designer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... now have a proven track record that provides NASA with the confidence that these technologies are suitable ... known, certified flight quality parts will have to be developed. NASA has started conducting a series of ground tests inside five uniquely...
January 2020
Apollo girl - camaraderie and discrimination in the Apollo era
...labour-management process, one that stressed professionalism, honesty and, above all, a mutual commitment to achieving the NASA mission through fair, equitable and respectful treatment of employees. Mariners 8 and 9 were designed to be the first Mars...
