Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM

Friday, October 11, 2024 / Lecture starts at 10:00 AM On line , Building 3 Auditorium

Adele Luta

"Exploring Extreme Environments"

ABSTRACT -- Exploring in extreme environments like outer space or under the sea means designing to keep humans alive. Most people don't think about: how many breaths they breathe in a day or how much water they drink. The speaker will touch upon some of the engineering and scientific challenges currently being discussed including underwater habitats. Our speaker will share what it is like to live in an underwater habitat, wear a training spacesuit, and how lessons learned from previous programs are informing the future.

SPEAKER -- Adele Luta is a scientist and innovator. She is a private pilot, aquanaut, and coral restoration volunteer SCUBA diver. In her current role, she works for Oceaneering International Inc.'s Space Systems division as a Human Exploration Systems Development Manager in Clearlake, Texas. Her training as a physicist has allowed her to work in many fields including researching the mind, nuclear physics, and teams including DARPA, NIH, NATO Science and Technology, MIT, and NASA. At Johnson Space Flight Center, she worked as a certified Mission Control Center flight controller and astronaut instructor where she supported over 90 spacewalks during the assembly of ISS and final HST mission. In 2000, she returned to support NASA's Artemis program.

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