Photos: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visits JPL to check on two Earth-observing missions
August 13, 2013
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit JPL on Tuesday, Aug. 13, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014
Charles Elachi, left, Director of JPL, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator asking a question to Wayne Lee, Flight System Engineer about the Propulsion Subsystem on Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP). NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL, accompanied by Mike Frelich, Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT01 )
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, listening to Wendy Edelstein, Instrument Manager of Soil Mositure Active Passive (SMAP) mission at JPL Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013. Bolden visited JPL to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT02 )
Wayne Lee , Flight System Engineer speaking on framework Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission in Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL, accompanied by Mike Frelich, Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters and Charles Elachi, Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT06 )
Wendy Edelstein, Instrument Manager for Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission speaking to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL, and met with Charles Elachi, Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT07 )
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden looking at framework Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission in Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom. Bolden visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT04 )
Annamarie Eldering, Deputy Project Scientist discussing carbon dioxide measurments in our atmosphere by instruments on the Orbiitng Carbon Observatory-2 mission in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT03 )
Dragana Perkovic, Radar Performance Engineer on International Space Station (ISS-RapidScat) mission at Spacecraft Assembly Facility Cleanroom. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT05 )
Michael Spencer, Science Calibration/Validation Lead and Deputy Radar Section Manager speaking about Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission in front of 1/3 scale model of (SMAP) at Von Karman Auditorium at JPL. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit JPL, accompanied by Mike Frelich, Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters and Charles Elachi, Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday, Aug. 13 2013, to see progress on two of the Earth-observing missions currently under construction: The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat instrument, which is set for launch to the orbiting laboratory in April 2014.(SGVN/Photo by Walt Mancini) ( 8-13-13 VISIT09 )
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