NASAAug 11, 2025
Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/juliana-barajas-supporting-nasas-mission-one-task-at-a-time/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility #General #JohnsonSpaceCenter
Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time  - NASA

As an administrative assistant in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juliana Barajas

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NASAJul 28, 2025
Melissa John Champions Environmental Stewardship at White Sands https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/melissa-john-champions-environmental-stewardship-at-white-sands/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility #JohnsonSpaceCenter #PeopleOfJohnson
Melissa John Champions Environmental Stewardship at White Sands  - NASA

For Melissa John, protecting the environment is her way of contributing to space exploration while preserving the Earth we call home.  

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NASAApr 7, 2025
From FIRST Robotics to NASA Rockets: Angel Saenz’s Journey to White Sands https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/from-first-robotics-to-nasa-rockets-angel-saenzs-journey-to-white-sands/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility #JohnsonSpaceCenter #PeopleOfJohnson
From FIRST Robotics to NASA Rockets: Angel Saenz’s Journey to White Sands - NASA

The program – FIRST Robotics Competition – is run by global nonprofit, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). It was the

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NASADec 13, 2024
NASA Awards Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-multi-center-administrative-support-services-contract/ #NASA #JohnsonSpaceCenter #KennedySpaceCenter #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #MichoudAssemblyFacility #NASACentersFacilities #StennisSpaceCenter #WhiteSandsTestFacility
NASA Awards Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract - NASA

NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers.

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NASADec 4, 2024
White Sands Test Facility Encourages Locals to Leave Their Footprint on the Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/white-sands-test-facility-encourages-locals-to-leave-their-footprint-on-the-space-industry/ #NASA #JohnsonSpaceCenter #General #WhiteSandsTestFacility
White Sands Test Facility Encourages Locals to Leave Their Footprint on the Space Industry - NASA

At the edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by miles of sunbaked earth, NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is quietly shaping the future. There is

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NASASep 25, 2024
Launching Into Action: White Sands Firefighters on the Frontlines of New Mexico’s Wildfire Crisis https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/launching-into-action-white-sands-firefighters-on-the-frontlines-of-new-mexicos-wildfire-crisis/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility #General #JohnsonSpaceCenter
Launching Into Action: White Sands Firefighters on the Frontlines of New Mexico’s Wildfire Crisis - NASA

At NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), Fire Department Deputy Chief James Herrera and his team were on high alert from the moment the blaze began.  

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NASAJul 24, 2024
NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-streams-first-4k-video-from-aircraft-to-space-station-back/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearch #HumanSpaceTravelResearch #InternationalSpaceStationISS #ISSResearch #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #TechnologyDemonstration #TechnologyDemonstrationMissionsProgram #WhiteSandsTestFacility
NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back

NASA’s Glenn Research Center streamed 4K video from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using laser communications.

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NASAJul 24, 2024
NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-streams-first-4k-video-from-aircraft-to-space-station-back/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearch #HumanSpaceTravelResearch #InternationalSpaceStationISS #ISSResearch #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #WhiteSandsTestFacility
NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back

NASA’s Glenn Research Center streamed 4K video from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using laser communications.

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NASAMay 7, 2024
White Sands Propulsion Team Tests 3D-Printed Orion Engine Component https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/white-sands-propulsion-team-tests-3d-printed-orion-engine-component/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility #General #JohnsonSpaceCenter
White Sands Propulsion Team Tests 3D-Printed Orion Engine Component - NASA

Enter the Propulsion Test Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility. From November 2023 to January 2024, this team led rigorous testing of a critical OME

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NASAOct 16, 2023
PROPULSION TEST AREA https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/white-sands/propulsion-test-area/ #NASA #WhiteSandsTestFacility
PROPULSION TEST AREA

From the Apollo rocket engine testing of the 1960s to the spacecraft propulsion systems of today, our site has developed unique facilities to meet the testing

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