Narayanan Ramachandran, a Jacobs Technology engineer at NASA's Marshall Center, gathers velocity data during recent SLS diffuser testing.
Narayanan Ramachandran, a Jacobs Technology skill manager in propulsion fluids at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, gathers velocity data during recent testing on a low-profile diffuser test article. The smaller diffuser, about 10 inches tall, may free up space for more rocket fuel in tanks — potentially increasing the amount of payload carried on future launch vehicles, like NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). SLS will be the most powerful rocket in history for deep-space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars.
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