An Open Conversation About Suborbital Flight Testing

October 6, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

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NASA Flight Opportunities

Session will start at 10 a.m. PT – Please mute your microphone and turn off your camera

Community of Practice Webinar Series – October 6, 2021

An Open Conversation About Suborbital Flight Testing

Interactive Exchange

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Welcome to the Community of Practice Webinar Series!

First, a bit of housekeeping...

• Please mute your microphone and turn off your camera until you speak, then go 

ahead and turn them both on.

• Today’s session will be recorded.

• Recordings for this and all future session will be posted on the Flight Opportunities 

website.

• Please engage! Use the chat or raise your hand if you have questions or 

reflections. We’ll call on you to share.

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An Open Conversation About Suborbital Flight Testing

October 6, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Flight Opportunities Mission

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The Flight Opportunities program facilitates rapid 

demonstration of promising technologies for 

space exploration, discovery, and the expansion 

of space commerce through suborbital testing 

with industry flight providers.

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Now Open - NASA TechRise Student Challenge

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• For teams of sixth to 12th-grade students to design, build, and launch 

experiments on suborbital rockets and balloon flights during the upcoming 

2021/2022 school year

• Entries due November 3

• For more info on the challenge, proposal requirements, and the upcoming 

virtual field trip: https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise

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An Open Conversation About Suborbital Flight Testing

October 6, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Join us for future Community of Practice webinars!

We’re off in November, but 

come see us at ASGSR if you’re 

attending!

November 4, 12:30 – 2pm Eastern 

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Future webinars

• Webinars are held 1st Wednesday of each 

month at 10 a.m. PT

• Topics will be announced in the Flight 

Opportunities newsletter and website

• Session recordings will be posted on the 

Flight Opportunities website

• Let us know session topics you would like 

to see covered

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Today’s Panel

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Anh Nguyen, Ph.D.

Aerospace Engineer

NASA Ames Research Center Ray Pitts

Research Engineer

NASA Kennedy Space Center

H. Todd Smith, Ph.D.

Senior Space Physicist

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Adrienne Dove, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

University of Central Florida

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An Open Conversation About Suborbital Flight Testing

October 6, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

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Thank you! 

Flight Opportunities website: 

http://nasa.gov/flightopportunities

Contact us:

NASA-FlightOpportunities@mail.nasa.gov

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