Eleasa Kim, payload operations lead for NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, presents on NASA’s planned utilization activities for commercial destinations and expectations for provider support.
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Vergel Romero of Sierra Space speaks with representatives from other commercial companies during a networking opportunity. Sierra Space is working with Blue Origin on the development of Orbital Reef, and also holds an unfunded Space Act Agreement with NASA for the development of its commercial low Earth orbit ecosystem.
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David Caponio from Vast Space presents a five-minute lightning talk on the company’s capabilities during the program NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Vast is working with NASA under the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities initiative for technologies and operations required for its microgravity and artificial gravity stations, including the Haven-1 commercial destination.
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Holly Smith-Dalenberg of NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate shows participants of the human systems integration meeting an International Space Station mock-up as part of the Acoustics Lab tour (from left, Liz Warren of Blue Origin, Curtis Lee of Vast, Jamie Barrett of the Federal Aviation Administration, and Vast’s Caroline Kim and Leilani Bautista.) A spacecraft like the International Space Station contains a large number of complex systems – all with their associated fans, pumps, valves, and other mechanical noises. To mitigate the risk of excessive noise, all flight hardware is required to pass acoustic emissions testing.
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Inside the quiet room of the Acoustics Lab, Zach Jones of NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate speaks with Northrop Grumman’s Grant Cooper and Jay Boucher, Leah Honey, and Cooper Burleson of NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program. The quiet room provides a low acoustic noise environment used for audio recording and subjective audio performance testing.
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