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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

US
gov civilFounded 1960
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html
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The November UBP test was performed under NASA’s NextSTEP project for space habitation systems, which is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2022Sierra Space Successfully Completes Second Ultimate Burst Pressure Test of its LIFE Habitat

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center manages the NextSTEP project under which the LIFE UBP test was performed.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipDec 12, 2022Major development milestones completed by Sierra Space for their 1st commercial spacestation

The NextSTEP-2 Appendix A Habitat Systems project is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2022Sierra Space’s LIFE™ Habitat completes successful ultimate burst pressure test

NextSTEP-2 is sponsored by Advanced Exploration Systems at NASA Headquarters with industry contracts managed at Goddard Space Flight Center and Marshall Space Flight Center’s Habitation Systems Development Office.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipMay 19, 2022First Structural Metal Cutting In Space Demo By Nanoracks + Maxar Will Be Aboard The SpaceX Transporter 5 Rideshare Mission

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Space Launch System from Huntsville.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2022State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama

StarBurst is led by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center with Daniel Kocevski serving as principal investigator.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2022NASA Awards Space Flight Laboratory To Develop Two SmallSats For Astrophysics Pioneers Program

Robert Lightfoot had a 29-year career at NASA that included serving as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and later as associate administrator.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipNov 30, 2021Lightfoot to lead Lockheed Martin space unit

DART is directed by NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipOct 22, 2021NASA’s DART Journeys To Vandenberg Space Force Base For Launch

Valves from the Starliner will undergo in-depth analysis at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, including CT scans and additional tests.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductOct 15, 2021Starliner valve investigation continues to focus on moisture interaction with propellant

TiSPACE was founded in 2016 by Yen-Sen Chen, a former visiting scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to develop cost-effective launch vehicles for low-Earth-orbit smallsats.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductOct 7, 2021Taiwan’s TiSPACE to try again after launch attempt ends in flames

iRocket signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama on 2021-07-27.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2021iRocket Signs Space Act Agreement With NASA To Start Building Autonomous, Reusable Rockets For Smallsats

Under the Space Act Agreement, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center will provide testing and engineering support of up to $50,000,000 over five years to accelerate iRocket’s next-generation reusable engine development.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2021iRocket Signs Space Act Agreement With NASA To Start Building Autonomous, Reusable Rockets For Smallsats

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center contracted Space Flight Laboratory to develop a smallsat platform for the StarBurst astrophysics mission.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductJun 28, 2021NASA’s StarBurst SmallSat Mission To Be Developed By Space Flight Laboratory

Richard Shelby introduced Jody Singer, director of Marshall Space Flight Center, at a March 2019 industry event.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductFeb 9, 2021Richard Shelby, senator with major influence over NASA, to retire

Blue Origin started testing the BE-7 engine in June 2019 at NASA Marshall and has accumulated 1,245 seconds of runtime to date.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipDec 4, 2020Blue Origin continues work on BE-7 lunar lander engine

Blue Origin has been performing tests of its BE-7 engine at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipAug 20, 2020Blue Origin team delivers lunar lander mockup to NASA

Work on IXPE at Marshall Space Flight Center resumed in June following the level 4 restrictions.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Pandemic delays launch of NASA astrophysics smallsat mission

Work on IXPE’s X-ray mirror modules at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductAug 6, 2020Pandemic delays launch of NASA astrophysics smallsat mission

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.

Mentioned as: Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductJul 21, 2020NASA still grappling with effects of coronavirus pandemic

Marshall Space Flight Center moved to Stage 3 on 2020-03-14 after a center employee tested positive for COVID-19.

Mentioned as: NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductMay 1, 2020Pandemic perseverance: How NASA has adapted to the coronavirus
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