ILC Dover Appoints Nicole Scott as Senior Technical Advisor
ILC Dover has employed veteran astronaut Nicole Stott as a Senior Technical Advisor for the Space Systems Division. The former NASA astronaut and founder of the Space for Art Foundation has been on two spaceflights and lived and labored for 104 days in space, on each the International Space Station (ISS) and the Space Shuttle. She was once the tenth female to function a spacewalk, was once the first character to fly the robotic arm to seize the free-flying H-II Transfer Vehicle and was once a member of the crew of the remaining flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-133.
“I’m delighted to be becoming a member of the ILC Dover team,” stated Nicole. “During my time as an astronaut, I loved the probability to operate a spacewalk in an ILC Dover EVA spacesuit and to consider a range of ILC Dover designed and manufactured superior EVA spacesuits, and when you consider that 2015 I have labored intently with them and am very grateful for their guide of a number of Space for Art Foundation projects. Joining their crew as an advisor feels like a herbal subsequent step, and I’m excited to see what the ILC Dover engineering management and understanding makes viable in a house for the future.”
Nicole labored as a NASA engineer for ten years at the Kennedy Space Center and as a supervisor for the Space Shuttle Program, earlier than the astronaut determination in 2000. After her 2nd spaceflight, she back to the Kennedy Space Center for a one-year challenge as the Astronaut Office consultant to the Commercial Crew Program and the group accountable for deciding on contractors to construct the subsequent U.S. human-rated spacecraft. Nicole currently served as Chief of the Vehicle Integration Test Office in the Astronaut Office/Flight Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center.
“I am very excited to welcome Nicole to ILC Dover,” stated Patricia Stoll, ILC Dover’s Vice President of Space Systems. “Her huge ride will beef up our Space Systems crew and make certain that ILC Dover continues to supply the nice options to make human and industrial spaceflight viable and successful.” Nicole has acquired levels from each Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of Central Florida earlier than becoming a member of NASA. She retired from NASA in 2015.
Founded in 1947, ILC Dover has been striving to increase options to resolve its customers’ complicated troubles making use of its excellent Genius and highest-quality materials. The company’s seven hundred plus contributors serve clients globally throughout six amenities in North America, Europe, and Asia.
“We companion with specific corporations in various areas of the area technological know-how to strengthen a number of components of the spacesuits and house habitats,” stated Dan Klopp, director of Product Marketing at ILC Dover.
The organization has been featured as one of the Top 10 Space Tech Solution Providers with the aid of Aerospace and Defense Review journal for the yr 2020.
