MAF Status 2022-07-07 08:54

2022-07-07 08:54

Current Status: Open – HURCON V

The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is open.

For more information about the NASA Framework for Return to On-Site Work visit nasapeople.nasa.gov.

MAF urges it’s employees to be safe at all times. 

MAF is currently in Hurricane Condition V (Tropical Storm Readiness)

Hurricane Season is in effect from June 1st to November 30th. Please make sure that you have work and personal plan.

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NASA Selects Contractors for Ground Support Equipment Fabrication

NASA has selected the following companies for a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to fabricate ground support equipment at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida:

• Engraver Metal Fabricators Inc., Merritt Island, Florida
• J.P. Donovan Construction Inc., Rockledge, Florida
• Precision Fabricating and Cleaning Co. Inc., Cocoa, Florida

The work will support Artemis, including missions to land the first woman and person of color on the Moon. The contractors will provide management, labor, facilities, materials, equipment, and other incidental support to fabricate, mark, package, deliver, clean, assemble, and test ground support equipment, ground systems and other hardware.

Work will be performed at the contractors’ facilities with delivery of most end items to NASA Kennedy. Each contract will have a three-year ordering period for the issuance of delivery orders. The maximum aggregate contract value is $100 million.

For more information about Kennedy Space Center, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy

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Roxana Bardan
Headquarters, Washington
202-385-1600
roxana.bardan@nasa.gov

Patti Bielling
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-501-7575
patricia.a.bielling@nasa.gov

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Artemis II Crew’s SLS Visit

On Nov. 16, 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left) and Christina Koch (middle) of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (second from left) view the core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The three astronauts, along with NASA’s Victor Glover, will launch atop the rocket stage to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.

The astronauts’ visit to Michoud coincided with the first anniversary of the launch of Artemis I. The uncrewed flight test of SLS and Orion was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions for Artemis as the agency works to return humans to the lunar surface and develop a long-term presence there for discovery and exploration.

Image Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to Resume Science Operations Soon

Updated, Dec. 7, 2023

NASA plans to restore the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations Friday, Dec. 8, following a series of tests to gain insight into the gyro performance that caused the spacecraft to pause science operations last week. 

After analyzing the data, the team has determined science operations can resume under three-gyro control. Based on the performance observed during the tests, the team has decided to operate the gyros in a higher-precision mode during science observations. Hubble’s instruments and the observatory itself remain stable and in good health. 

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue

Published Nov. 29, 2023

NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode Nov. 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health.

The telescope automatically entered safe mode when one of its three gyroscopes gave faulty readings. The gyros measure the telescope’s turn rates and are part of the system that determines which direction the telescope is pointed. While in safe mode, science operations are suspended, and the telescope waits for new directions from the ground.

Hubble first went into safe mode Nov. 19. Although the operations team successfully recovered the spacecraft to resume observations the following day, the unstable gyro caused the observatory to suspend science operations once again Nov. 21. Following a successful recovery, Hubble entered safe mode again Nov. 23.

The team is now running tests to characterize the issue and develop solutions. If necessary, the spacecraft can be re-configured to operate with only one gyro. The spacecraft had six new gyros installed during the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission in 2009. To date, three of those gyros remain operational, including the gyro currently experiencing fluctuations. Hubble uses three gyros to maximize efficiency, but could continue to make science observations with only one gyro if required.

NASA anticipates Hubble will continue making groundbreaking discoveries, working with other observatories, such as the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, throughout this decade and possibly into the next.

Launched in 1990, Hubble has been observing the universe for more than 33 years. Read more about some of Hubble’s greatest scientific discoveries.

Media Contacts:

Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

Alise Fisher
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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