Snoopy Awards Presented On Oct. 8
By ELAINE GAUSE
Public Services Office
NASA Astronaut John H. Casper visited Langley Research Center on Oct.
8 to present Silver Snoopy awards to two Langley employees and one contractor.
Silver Snoopy awards recognize outstanding performance contributing to
space flight safety and mission success. Fewer than 1 percent of NASAs
space program workforce receives the award annually.
This years award-winners from Langley were Brooke M. Anderson, Thomas
A. Grepiotis and John W. Wilson.
They each received a sterling silver Snoopy lapel pin that has flown on
a Shuttle mission, plus a certificate of appreciation and commendation
letter, both signed by Casper, a veteran of four Shuttle flights.
- Anderson, a research
engineer with Swales Aerospace, developed a detailed shielding model
of the Shuttle spacesuit and a new model for fabric porosity and cooling
tube non-uniformity that will be used in astronaut risk assessment during
Shuttle and International Space Station operations.
- Grepiotis, an engineering
technician in Langleys Systems Engineering Competency, helped
develop and test many spaceflight experiments, including: Evaluation
of Space Environment and Effects on Materials (ESEM), Halogen Occultation
Experiment (HALOE), Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE), and
Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE).
- Wilson, a senior
research scientist in Langleys Structures and Materials Competency,
lead a team in evaluating current Shuttle spacesuit material lay up,
demonstrating that the fabrics provide less than half of the radiation
protection assumed by prior methods. The teams efforts resulted
in the formation of a new team to develop materials that would overcome
NASA Astronaut John H. Casper (second from right) poses with Langley Research
Centers Silver Snoopy award-winners (left to right): John W. Wilson,
Brooke M. Anderson and Thomas A. Grepiotis.
by Jeff Caplan