White Sands Test Facility

NASA Administrator Names New Goddard Center Director

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Dr. Makenzie Lystrup director of the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, effective immediately.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Dr. Makenzie Lystrup director of the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, effective immediately.
  • She will make history as the first female center director at Goddard.
  • Lystrup succeeds Dave Mitchell, who has served as Goddard's acting center director since January 2023, and now resumes his duties as the agency's chief program management officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
  • As center director, she will lead a world-renowned team of scientists, engineers, and technologists focused on Earth and space science.

Changes Ahead as NASA's Human Spaceflight Head Plans Retirement

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Lueders' current deputy and astronaut, Ken Bowersox, will become the new head of Space Operations, effective Monday, May 1.

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  • Lueders' current deputy and astronaut, Ken Bowersox, will become the new head of Space Operations, effective Monday, May 1.
  • "Kathy is a tremendous public servant and a trailblazer, not only serving as the first woman to head space operations for NASA and the first woman to manage our human spaceflight program, but also championing a new way of doing business in low Earth orbit.
  • His operations experience includes being acting associate administrator of the former Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, will allow NASA to build on its success in human space exploration.
  • He also has experience from working with American industry and serving on the NASA Advisory Council as chair of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee.

NASA Awards Contract for Acquisition of Gaseous, Liquid Helium

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected three companies to supply 1.4 million liters of liquid helium and 87.7 million standard cubic feet of gaseous helium for use at facilities across the agency.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected three companies to supply 1.4 million liters of liquid helium and 87.7 million standard cubic feet of gaseous helium for use at facilities across the agency.
  • The indefinite delivery requirements contract includes multiple firm-fixed price delivery orders.
  • The contract begins Saturday, Oct. 1, with a two-year base period followed by an option period that, if exercised, would extend the contract to Sept. 30, 2025.
  • The total value of the contract for the base plus option period is approximately $149 million.

I/ITSEC returns to Orlando for in-person 2021 event

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Friday, November 26, 2021

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest modeling, simulation and training conference is back in person as I/ITSEC returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, the National Training and Simulation Association announces.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest modeling, simulation and training conference is back in person as I/ITSEC returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, the National Training and Simulation Association announces.
  • "We are excited and confident to return to Florida," said James Robb, president and CEO of NTSA, which hosts I/ITSEC.
  • "It is important to bring together, in person, this highly engaged community to share ideas, network and learn from each other."
  • We are tracking cases closely, and case rates are falling quickly in the Orlando area.

AECOM to provide architecture and engineering services for Kennedy Space Center and other NASA facilities

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Friday, September 24, 2021

As NASA has grown, evolved, and continued to push the boundaries of space exploration, AECOM has been there to support its globally impactful missions and cutting-edge operations.

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  • As NASA has grown, evolved, and continued to push the boundaries of space exploration, AECOM has been there to support its globally impactful missions and cutting-edge operations.
  • These include Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Johnson Space Center, Sonny Carter Training Facility, and Ellington Field in Texas; White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico; Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama; Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana; Stennis Space Center in Mississippi; other NASA assets; and additional launch or landing sites worldwide.
  • From the Mercury and Gemini programs through today, AECOM has been honored to work alongside NASA on all of its facilities spanning the country.
  • Under the contract, AECOM will provide a wide range of architecture, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical infrastructure services across all project phases, including planning and feasibility, permitting, preliminary engineering, final design, engineering services during construction, activation, and commissioning.