{"id":14526,"date":"2025-09-25T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-glenn-reinforces-role-in-aerospace-innovation-during-ohio-space-week\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:07:06","slug":"nasa-glenn-reinforces-role-in-aerospace-innovation-during-ohio-space-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-glenn-reinforces-role-in-aerospace-innovation-during-ohio-space-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Glenn Reinforces Role in Aerospace Innovation During Ohio Space Week\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA Glenn Reinforces Role in Aerospace Innovation During Ohio Space Week\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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Left to right: Moderator Brian Miske, Americas Space Leader, KPMG radio, with panelists Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator; Jacki Cortese, senior director, Civil Space: Blue Origin; and Robert Lightfoot, president, Lockheed Martin Space (former NASA associate administrator) discuss balancing innovation, risk, and readiness in space during the Ohio Space Forum.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Ohio Space Week, Sept. 8\u201313, highlighted the state\u2019s aerospace legacy and the role NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center has in advancing space technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The week kicked off with the American Astronautical Society\u2019s Glenn Space Technology Symposium, Sept. 8\u201310, hosted by Case Western Reserve University. Experts, students, and industry leaders gathered to discuss emerging space technologies. NASA Glenn Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon delivered opening remarks, and astronaut Doug \u201cWheels\u201d Wheelock gave a keynote on his spaceflight experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sept. 11, Team NEO hosted the Sixth Annual Ohio Space Forum at NASA Glenn, bringing together leaders from aerospace, government, academia, and research. The forum spotlighted Ohio\u2019s leadership in space innovation, including advances in nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion. Key participants included NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, astronaut Sunita \u201cSuni\u201d Williams, several local and state officials, and other community partners. 3News Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling emceed the event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The City Club of Cleveland welcomed astronauts Williams and Wheelock for a presentation to the local community, Sept. 11, and Cleveland Guardians fans cheered as Williams threw out the first pitch during the game at Progressive Field later that day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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NASA Glenn experts conduct a wind tunnel demonstration using a portable wind tunnel for visitors during Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. <\/div>\n
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Visitors view items that are part of the \u201cEvolution of the Spacesuit\u201d exhibit during Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.<\/div>\n
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Astronaut Sunita Williams has fun on the sidelines before she throws out the first pitch prior to a Guardians game at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. <\/div>\n
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A family takes a photo with Astronaut Doug Wheelock during Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. <\/div>\n
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Two young visitors at Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, share the NASA spotlight. <\/div>\n
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Guests interact with several aeronautics-focused exhibits in the Great Lakes Science Center promenade area on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during Discovery Days.<\/div>\n
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NASA Astronauts Doug Wheelock, left, and Sunita Willams at The City Club of Cleveland luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. NASA Glenn Center Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon stands at the podium and addresses the audience. <\/div>\n
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Using the Lunar Habitat Power Grid model, NASA Glenn Research Center experts demonstrate how payloads will need power to achieve a viable human presence on the Moon during Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.<\/div>\n
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NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s astronaut mascot stands behind the NASA worm logo during Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. <\/div>\n
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During Discovery Days at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, NASA Glenn Research Center experts share with visitors about primary fuel cells, which convert propellants into electricity, and regenerative fuel cells, which store electrical energy like rechargeable batteries.<\/div>\n
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Astronaut Sunita Williams talks with students in Great Lakes Science Center\u2019s DOME Theater during Discovery Days in Cleveland on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. <\/div>\n
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Left to right: Moderator Brian Miske, Americas Space Leader, KPMG radio, with panelists Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator; Jacki Cortese, senior director, Civil Space: Blue Origin; and Robert Lightfoot, president, Lockheed Martin Space (former NASA associate administrator) discuss balancing innovation, risk, and readiness in space during the Ohio Space Forum.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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