Engineering Directorate

"Dedicated people providing innovative solutions to aerospace and scientific challenges."

• Atmospheric Flight & Entry Systems Branch

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  AFESB Displays Their Prototype Mars Rovers

  

• Autonomous Landing / Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT)

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  ALHAT Project Team At The Test Site

  

• Ares I-X Launch Abort System

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  Fabricating A Test Article For The Launch Abort System

  

• Aeronautics Systems Engineering Branch

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  Fabricating An 18% G550 Gulfstream Semi-Span Model For Wind Tunnel Testing In the National Transonic Tunnel

  

• IRVE III

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  Preparing The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment For Its Test Flight

  

• ORION Crew Module

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  Fabricating The Forward Bay of The ORION Crew Module

  

• MEDLI

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  Preparing The Mars Entry Descent Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI) For Vibration Testing

  

• National Transonic Facility

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  NTF Engineers and Technicians Brief LaRC Center Director Lesa Rowe

  

• ORION PA-1

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  LaRC Fabricators Pose Before The Pad Abort-1 Test Article

  

• Ares 1-X

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  Fabricating the Ares 1-X Test Article

  

• Electronics Fabrication

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  Bonding Thermocouple Wires For The Crew Escape Vehicle Test Article

  

• Metal Fabrication

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  Welding Steel Warehouse Racks For Bldg. 1245

  

• STORRM

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  Installing The Avionics Enclosure Assembly on The Space Shuttle (STS-134)