Sep 25, 2020
Ana Guzman, ideaXme space ambassador and leading space communications and space exploration television producer interviews Caley Burke, Aerospace Engineer and Trajectory Analyst for NASA's Launch Program.
Ana Guzman comments:
In my next interview for ideaXme, I was able to sit down and chat with Caley Burke, aerospace engineer at NASA’s Launch Services Program. She works on the interface between the spacecraft and launch vehicle teams to get the spacecraft delivered to their final destination in space. As part of her work, she analyzes trajectories of the rockets launching NASA and NOAA robotic spacecraft missions. Reducing Risk During Delivery of NASA's Exploratory Missions: Her position contributes to space exploration by providing expertise in reducing risk during the delivery of NASA exploratory missions to space and maintaining a wealth of knowledge in the expendable launch vehicle market. We discuss factors taken into account when deciding which trajectories and rockets are chosen for each mission, launch windows and opportunities from different parts of the world, and why a launch window to Mars occurs only every two years. Caley worked on the launches of Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and the Mars 2018 lander, InSight, on an Atlas V, NuSTAR on a Pegasus XL, and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) on a Delta II. She did early work on the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 (JPSS-2) mission to launch on an Atlas V rocket. NASA Kennedy Space Center: She started her NASA career as a Pathways intern in 2002 at Kennedy Space Center with the International Space Station (ISS) and later transferred to the Launch Services Program in 2003. She attended MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) via the Kennedy Graduate Fellowship Program and performed fluid slosh in microgravity research on the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) platform on the ISS. For additional information from this interview, visit the following: For visitor and launch schedule info: www.kennedyspacecenter.com NASA Launch Services Program https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/ Social Media: Twitter @NASA_LSP @NASAKennedy @RocketCaley (Personal account; not representing the government) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NASALSP/ http://www.facebook.com/nasakennedy YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NASAKennedy More NASA Kennedy social media: https://www.nasa.gov/socialmedia/ Interview credit: Ana Guzman ideaXme Space Ambassador.
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Ana is a leading space exploration television producer and space communications expert. She comes to ideaXme with nine years experience working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center serving different roles in their communications and multimedia teams. As part of the ideaXme team, she wishes to continue working in outreach and educating the public in different topics regarding all things space.
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