The flexible thermal protection system has two ceramic fibre fabric outer surface layers, multiple layers of insulator, and a gas barrier that keeps hot gases from entering the inflated structure directly. The flexible, high-temperature-capable inflatable structure is inflated to create the cone shape over which the FTPS is draped.
NASA and Greg Swanson
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host the 2022 ASCEND conference in Las Vegas from Monday, October 24, to Wednesday, October 26, and representatives from NASA will attend, including Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.
Speakers from the agency will make speeches and take part in panels addressing a range of subjects, such as NASA's Moon to Mars exploration plans, the future of space technology, scientific developments, and more. The conference's complete schedule is available online.
The majority of programmes will be accessible to registered conference attendees online.
Among the activities in which NASA is involved are:
October 24th, Monday (All times are Pacific)
A panel discussion on Partnering for Innovation in Cislunar Space was followed by Melroy's keynote speech at 8 a.m. on Going Back to the Moon by Design. Participants on the panel include:
Ellen Ochoa, a former astronaut and director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, will serve as the moderator.
NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Jim Free
Sandra Connelly, NASA's Science Mission Directorate's deputy associate administrator, and Lieutenant General Nina Armagno, the U.S. Space Force's director of staff
Todd Nygren, senior vice president of The Aerospace Corporation's Engineering and Technology Group
Gwynne Shotwell is the president and COO of SpaceX.
Overview of the NASA Strategic Technology Framework at 12:45. Participants on the panel include:
Moderator: Julie Van Kleeck, AIAA executive producer and space domain lead for ASCEND
Jim Reuter is a NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate associate administrator (STMD)
Michelle Munk, STMD's temporary chief architect
Oct. 25, Tuesday
7 a.m. - Press conference to discuss further technical advancements for entry, descent, and landing as well as NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration. Participating parties are:
Director of STMD's technological demos, Trudy Kortes
Michelle Munk, STMD's temporary chief architect
NASA's Ashley Korzun, lead of the LOFTID aerodynamics database
Principal Investigator for LOFTID at NASA, Neil Cheatwood
Regardless of their registration status for the conference, media representatives can sign up for this briefing online.
8 a.m. - Global Cooperation to Speed Up Space Exploration
Participants on the panel include:
Larry James, deputy director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, serves as the moderator.
Peter Gräf, the German Space Agency's director of applications and science (DLR)
Krunal Joshi, counsellor, Indian Embassy, ISRO
Nicolas Maubert, a space counsellor at the French Embassy in the United States, as well as a CNES official in the country
Masami Onada is the director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Washington office.
Éric Vachon, the Canadian Space Agency's director general of space science and technology (CSA)
Tuesday, October 25
12 p.m. - Leaving Earth to Serve the Earth: Business and governmental resources benefiting the planet Participants on the panel include:
NASA's principal scientist and senior climate advisor Kate Calvin
NASA's Earth Science Division's deputy director is Julie Robinson.
Luciano Giesso, Satellogic's head of sales for international governments
For additional NASA details programs and missions, visit:
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