Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, is NASA's primary center for rocket propulsion systems and is a key facility for developing and testing launch vehicles and spacecraft. MSFC played a critical role in the Apollo program, developing the Saturn V rockets, and continues to be a leader in the development of the Space Launch System (SLS) for the Artemis program. As one of NASA's largest field centers, MSFC partners with various government and industry organizations to solve complex technical challenges related to spaceflight, including the International Space Station (ISS) design and assembly, and cutting-edge science and research projects. Keywords associated with MSFC include rocket propulsion, space systems, launch vehicles, Artemis program, and the International Space Station.
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Blue Origin started testing the BE-7 engine in June 2019 at NASA Marshall and has accumulated 1,245 seconds of runtime to date.
Blue Origin has been performing tests of its BE-7 engine at Marshall Space Flight Center.
Work on IXPE’s X-ray mirror modules at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work on IXPE at Marshall Space Flight Center resumed in June following the level 4 restrictions.
As of 2020-07-21, all of NASA’s facilities were at Stage 3 of its pandemic response plan except for Marshall Space Flight Center, which remained at Stage 4.
The Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is run by Marshall Space Flight Center and is at Stage 4.
Marshall Space Flight Center moved to Stage 3 of NASA’s pandemic response plan on 2020-03-14, instituting mandatory telework for all but mission-essential personnel after one center employee was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Marshall Space Flight Center moved to Stage 4 of NASA’s pandemic response plan on 2020-03-27.
A test-firing of Vega E’s methane engine 3D-printed thrust chamber was completed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and reported by the European Space Agency on 2020-03-03.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama leads and manages the TALOS project.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center instituted mandatory telework effective 2020-03-14 after receiving confirmation late 2020-03-13 that an unnamed employee had tested positive for COVID-19.
SpaceX received a $3,000,000 Tipping Point contract to work with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on coupler prototypes for in-space refueling.
The nine NASA centers that received independent assessments from The Aerospace Corp. under the 2011 contracts include NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Glenn Research Center, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Stennis Space Center, and NASA Langley Research Center.
The lunar lander program will be led out of Marshall Space Flight Center, with Glenn Research Center in a supporting role.
Richard Shelby is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and supports agency programs at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
Both Vulcan upper stage test articles will be tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville in the first half of 2020.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama will manage the agency’s Human Landing System program to develop a lander for landing astronauts on the moon by 2024.
The advanced upper stage engine at NASA Marshall was tested more than 10 times, including in heavy rain, with Herman Pickens’ exciter providing reliable ignition for each test.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center used Herman Pickens’ exciter in 2016 when testing an advanced upper stage liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine designed to provide 15,876 kg of thrust.
Blue Origin performed the first hotfire test of its BE-7 engine at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on 2019-06-19.