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April 2021 NASA Armastrong X-Press National Aeronautics and Space Administration Volume 63 Number 5 April 2021 Boom! Boom! Columbia landing 40 years ago ushered in new era NASA The distinctive double sonic boom on April 14, 1981 indicated that Space Shuttle Columbia was headed to its planned landing on the dirt runway on Rogers Dry Lake, which is adjacent to NASA Armstrong (then Dryden). An estimated crowd of 320,000 people, including a graduate student who now is Armstrong’s Deputy Director Pat Stoliker, were there to greet shuttle commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen. Young and Crippen had completed the Space Shuttle Program’s first mission to space. See story, page 2. www.nasa.gov/ X-Press 2 April 2021 3 News at NASA Witnessing history Helicopter Deputy director was graduate student then makes first Mars flight By D.C. Agle NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet April 19. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. “Ingenuity is the latest in a long and storied tradition of NASA projects AFRC2016-0002-21 achieving a space exploration goal NASA/Ken Ulbrich once thought impossible,” said acting NASA Armstrong Deputy Di- NASA/Ken Ulbrich NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk. rector Pat Stoliker was a gradu- “The X-15 was a pathfinder for the space ate student when he witnessed The NASA Armstrong Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System shuttle. Mars Pathfinder and its Sojourner Space Shuttle Columbia’s land- project team was honored with the 2020 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Ad- rover did the same for three generations of ing on April 14, 1981. ministrator Award in the category of Technology and Innovation (Group). In the above image, the Mars rovers. We don’t know exactly where Flight Test 6 team is seen prior to the pandemic by the aircraft used in that effort. The aircraft include Ingenuity will lead us, but today’s results By Jay Levine from center clockwise, the TigerShark, the T-34C, The Beechcraft Beech 200 Super King Air aircraft indicate the sky – at least on Mars – may X-Press editor and the TG-14. not be the limit.” Patrick Stoliker began to scan Altimeter data for the solar-powered the sky as he heard the loud helicopter indicate Ingenuity climbed to its double boom. He and about prescribed maximum altitude of 10 feet (3 320,000 spectators knew that Team recognized meters) and maintained a stable hover for sound signaled the re-entry and 30 seconds. It then descended, touching soon landing of Space Shuttle back down on the surface of Mars after Columbia on a dirt runway UAS Integration into the NAS project logging a total of 39.1 seconds of flight. on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent Additional details on the test are expected to NASA Armstrong (then earns award for groundbreaking work in upcoming downlinks. Dryden). Ingenuity’s initial flight demonstration Shuttle commander John S81-30734 NASA The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System project team was autonomous – piloted by onboard Young and pilot Robert Crippen Space Shuttle Columbia landed on Runway 23 on April 14, 1981 to conclude the first shuttle mission to space. The was honored with the 2020 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator guidance, navigation, and control systems completed the 54-hour first orbiter landed on Rogers Dry Lake, which is adjacent to NASA Armstrong (then Dryden). Award in the category of Technology and Innovation (group). running algorithms developed by the space shuttle mission, which is “As we strive to make aviation more sustainable and enable new forms of air travel for all, team at JPL. Because data must be sent considered one of the boldest the deputy director at Armstrong. gate with Stoliker, his family and “Following the double boom your group’s contributions toward achieving our research goals during the past fiscal year to and returned from the Red Planet test flights in history and which He and some friends drove from his friends. In addition to a wide people scanned the skies for the stood out among your peers across the nation,” ARMD AA Robert Pearce said. “You and your over hundreds of millions of miles using ushered in a new era in human USC north to Lancaster, where his open view of the skies where they orbiter and watched as it landed,” team more than deserve this special recognition.” orbiting satellites and NASA’s Deep Space space flight. family lived, when Columbia was set were parked by the rock formations he recalled. “Columbia rolled The team was honored for its completion of two partner-inspired Unmanned Aircraft Network, Ingenuity cannot be flown with April 14 marked 40 years since to land. Stoliker’s father, Fred, was on Rosemond Boulevard, Stoliker to a stop and the Star-Spangled Systems (UAS) demonstrations in fiscal year 2020, along with capturing certification lessons a joystick, and its flight was not observable that milestone happened, but in technical director at the Air Force said he also could see the mass of Banner began to play on the loud learned. In addition, the project delivered data research and inputs that resulted in updates to from Earth in real time. many ways some details are as Flight Test Center (now known as people who came in cars, trucks, speakers. It was a very patriotic operational performance standards for mid-size UAS Detect and Avoid and Command and NASA Associate Administrator for vivid as if it was that clear, calm the Air Force Test Center) and had motor homes and buses to be a moment.” Control functions. Science Thomas Zurbuchen announced day. Stoliker, who was a 25-year passes to the shuttle landing. part of history. There were many highlights These accomplishments will pave the way for future UAS operators to successfully complete the Martian airfield will be called Wright old graduate student in 1981 The family motor home departed “Seeing the mass of cars helped that day, but there is one that the FAA certification process to obtain permission to operate their vehicles. The UAS-NASA Brothers Field, in recognition of the at the University of Southern early the morning of Columbia’s put it in perspective that this was a project has helped open the door for industry to bring mid-size UAS for FAA certification. ingenuity and innovation that continue to California, Los Angeles, now is landing for the air force base main historical moment,” Stoliker said. Stoliker page 7 Mars helicopter page 8 X-Press 4 April 2021 5 Rising to the challenge By Jay Levine X-Press editor NASA Armstrong moved to required telework in March 2020. No one anticipated the Early in the dramatic changes to how people pandemic NASA worked, how major work could Armstrong and be accomplished, or that a year all NASA centers later the worldwide pandemic were required to would continue to influence have most staff daily life. telework and for As the anniversary date few but the most approached, NASA Armstrong essential to be at staff discussed at a town hall the facilities. how they have responded, the challenges, and how the center continues to work on major milestones. March 13 was the last full day on center for most people. NASA/Bill Werner Armstrong Center Director David McBride remembers it NASA Armstrong engineer well. Mike Buttigieg works on an “I was driving to visit my oxygen hood system prototype mother when I found out we worn by Dr. Daniel Khoda- NASA had COVID-19 positive people bakhsh from the Antelope Valley at the center,” he said. “I had to A town hall panel talked March 13 about how the center has continued to make progress on major projects during the pandemic and learned to live in the very differ- Hospital. The hood is designed make a U-turn because there ent work environment. Top left clockwise are Megan Person, Jennifer Cole, David McBride, Kassidy McLaughlin, Jerry Dobbins, Russell Leonardo and Kevin Rohrer. to help coronavirus patients was a risk of exposing her to the who don’t yet need a ventila- pandemic and I have not seen tor, but who are experiencing her since.” breathing troubles. The hood Hope is on the horizon. forces oxygen into patients with “She just received her second mild coronavirus symptoms, vaccine shot,” McBride added. minimizing the likelihood that “In a couple of weeks, I should the patient will need to use a be able to go see her.” ventilator. The morning before the AFRC2020-0058-032 NASA/Carla Thomas town hall multiple people As part of that vigilance, Dr. Megan Person, Armstrong integration engineer, has been tested positive for COVID-19 Dwight Peake, AFRC chief medical news chief, moderated the town working on NASA’s Advanced on campus, which led center officer, offered some advice. hall discussion and Kevin Rohrer, Air Mobility National Campaign, officials to decide to error on “We need to be persistent with Strategic Communications which is working toward a new the side of caution and close our PPE (personal protective chief, read questions staff posted type of transportation system, and a building and get everyone equipment) preventive practices electronically during the event. the X-57 electric aircraft. tested. and maintaining our space,” he Panel members described empty “The past month or two has “Don’t let your guard down,” suggested. “The time will come in parking lots and few people in the been pretty crazy with aircraft McBride said.
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