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#50thanniversarymoonlanding #onesmallstep #apollo11 #moonlanding #nextgiantleap https://www.instagram.com/p/B0JhYOUJwVo/?igshid=1ae9p63jhqryy

This week, on 16 July 1969, spaceship Apollo 11 started to the Moon, with 3 astronauts onboard: Neil Armstrong, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin & Michael Collins. Two of them became first people, who made steps on the lunar surface. "This is small step for a man, but a giant leap for all mankind", - these words Neil Armstrong said 50 years ago! #NASA #Apollo11 #Space #ManOnMoon #NextGiantLeap #Аполлон11 #Космонавтика #ЧеловекНаЛуне (at NASA - Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Gwz1lFw5_/?igshid=tfneoo2dvbbc

"As we look back on the past, we must be extremely careful. We carry a bias as we know the outcome of the events that transpired. We also tend to link decisions and outcomes in ways that may not be correct. We have a natural hindsight bias and have a tendency to remember only the good things through the tragedies and we miss the subtle things that were critical to success. We misunderstand the difficult decisions that were made with little data and appear as perfect decisions in hindsight. We also discount the role of luck in some of our outcomes. I can tell you from my own experience of having written many design requirements and flight rules in the past, and now hearing the new generation of engineers and designers discuss the logic for these flight rules and design criteria, their perception today for the requirements and flight rules does not match the logic or the environment in which these requirements were written. We should learn from the past, but recognize that our view of the past is flawed and try not to develop a strategy based solely on our perception of the past. There also are new processes and techniques that did not exist in the past. We need to look for new approaches and develop new ways of designing systems and building hardware. The capabilities of others outside of @nasa is radically different than in the past. Both private industry and countries have the ability to contribute in huge ways that were not possible in the past. In looking forward to the future, it is difficult to predict the exact plan or capability that we need." — Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, speaking today at the subcommittee hearing “60 Years of NASA Leadership in Human Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future.” #NASA60th #LaunchAmerica #NextGiantLeap https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZwsA0Blo_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=scgtrt6hoq3d

@aerojet_rocketdyne has redesigned and tested a key component for the RS-25 engine that powers the new @nasa deep space rocket, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), by incorporating modern #manufacturing techniques that significantly reduce both cost and fabrication time. Inside the chamber, the fuel and oxidizer combust and flow through the nozzle, to turn the high-pressure combustion into the 500,000 pounds of thrust that each engine produces. The new chamber design reduces the complexity of the part by eliminating 29 welds. The chamber is made in less time for less money with a bonding technique called Hot Isostatic Pressure -- or HIP -- #bonding. The chamber’s internal metal liner and external jacket are bonded together under very high pressures and temperatures. "The innovative bonding process has reduced the chamber cost and build time by around 50 percent each." said Mike Shadoan, the NASA SLS combustion devices manager for liquid engines. “This series of nine tests allows us to test flight controllers for early missions and at the same time expose parts made with innovative techniques to the same conditions they will see during launch and flight.” During six tests, technicians and engineers tested the first 3D printed part on an RS-25 engine, the pogo accumulator. Aerojet Rocketdyne is under contract to manufacture an initial set of six new engines for future SLS missions. These new engines will be fabricated using the components and techniques that are being validated on development engines during engine tests at Stennis. “Engine hot fire testing is the ultimate demonstration that new component designs and incorporation of modern manufacturing technologies are paying off big-time for the program,” said Dan Adamski, RS-25 program director for Aerojet Rocketdyne. “Continued testing will integrate additional upgraded components into the engine design culminating with final certification testing in 2021.” Source: nasa.gov #LaunchAmerica #NextGiantLeap #JourneyToMars https://www.instagram.com/p/BnrO3NwBm8E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8h1fnuh5tytd

According to Kathleen Coderre, Lockheed's NextSTEP habitat systems engineering lead, "The whole goal of Gateway … is to basically get humans a little deeper into space, so we'll have a place where we can learn to do both science and actually have human missions for long duration away from Earth, with the ultimate goal of getting us on a good Martian mission and having that first human mission to #Mars." The Lockheed Martin team is working on assembling a mock-up of the Gateway habitat module at a company facility near Denver, which Space.com got to tour this past summer. The mock-up allows engineers to try out new ideas before implementing them in the prototype currently being constructed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Source: @spacedotcom #LaunchAmerica #NextGiantLeap #JourneyToMars #HumansToMars https://www.space.com/41764-nasa-lunar-gateway-lockheed-martin-habitat-module.html https://www.instagram.com/p/BnrJRhoBzcO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z1d5puo3l3m7

During the Experience Micro Focus Universe event held in Johannesburg, Dr. Adriana Marais- Mars One Astronaut Candidate, theoretical physicist, aspiring extra-terrestrial and head of innovation at SAP Africa, discusses how technologies like solar energy, 3D printing and machine learning can be deployed to make #Mars habitable. "As with the Apollo Moon landings, a human mission to Mars will inspire generations to believe that all things are possible, anything can be achieved," it notes. In this era of so much information, Marais said, it's more important than ever to ask big questions. "You need to step back and take account of where we are and where we are going because quite contrary to the thinking that we are riding this massive wave of technological evolution, it is crucial that we both acknowledge and participate in this era." Source: ITWeb #NextGiantLeap #HumansToMars https://www.itweb.co.za/content/JBwErvn5Q9Gq6Db2 https://www.instagram.com/p/BnrHvIZBgwi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pksqv9updzre

Lockheed Martin is one of six contractors—the others are The Boeing Company, Sierra Nevada Corporation.'s Space Systems, Orbital ATK, NanoRacks and Bigelow Aerospace—that NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a combined $65 million to build a habitat prototype by the end of the year. The agency will then review the proposals to reach a better understanding of the systems and interfaces that need to be in place to facilitate living in deep space. Lockheed's design uses the Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, a refurbished module dating back to the space shuttle era that was once destined to transfer cargo to the International Space Station. But Donatello was never sent into space, and the module has now instead been transformed into Lockheed's prototype. The habitat is part of the larger mission to take crews to the moon and #Mars. The final version of the capsule will attach to the planned Deep Space Gateway, a space port that will orbit the moon and act as a jumping-off point for deep space exploration missions. Source: Phys.org #LaunchAmerica #NextGiantLeap #JourneyToMars #HumansToMars https://phys.org/news/2018-08-lockheed-martin-astronauts-missions-deep.html

Photo Tour: Inside The Boeing Company's CST-100 Starliner Spaceship Hangar | @spacedotcom #LaunchAmerica #NextGiantLeap