Ginger Kerrick celebrates 20 years at JSC

On May 19, Ginger Kerrick celebrates two decades at Johnson Space Center. If you know Kerrick, you know she’s the type of person who is always in motion and striving to make a difference. As an International Space Station flight director, she is a role model for many, and in more ways than one. MORE...

Students get submerged in STEM education through the MATE competition

All that is marine is not just dolphins and boats, as demonstrated by the students who took part in a Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Texas Regional Competition on April 14. Rather than the ocean was the backdrop of Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL), a monstrous pool that holds 6.2 million gallons of water and ordinarily simulates weightless conditions for the space program. MORE...

Holy cow! Special calf born on Good Friday highlights the Longhorn Project

It wasn’t just a Good Friday … it was a great Friday for Johnson Space Center on April 6, when a cherubic calf named Lucky Charms made her debut into world. Proud mama Honey Nut Cheerio had impeccable timing, for the center was quieter than normal for the holiday weekend—and the students working with the Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) Longhorn Project were not around. MORE...

White Sands Test Facility employees Decommission Atlantis’ Pods

In 1973, when the Apollo Program was waning due to budget reductions, the newly initiated Space Shuttle Program began to create test requirements at White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), a remote test site located near Las Cruces, NM. WSTF quietly began its early testing of Space Shuttle orbital maneuvering subsystem (OMS) engine technology and prototype engines in 1973, a few years before the onset of the program and, today, is finishing up the final acts of cleaning the propulsion systems of the toxic propellants so that they can be safely displayed in a museum setting at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). MORE...

Cocker Spaniel gets VIP treatment at SCH

NASA astronaut Mike Foreman and Space Center Houston helped make a little dog’s last days happy. Foreman and the visitor center recently gave VIP treatment to the terminally ill Cocker Spaniel named Jenny. MORE...