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Shuttle Astronaut Visits HR Textron
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| HRT General Manager, Roger Pascoe introduces astronaut Marsha Ivins to employees. |
July 5, 2006 - Earlier this month, astronaut Marsh Ivins visited HR Textron as part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) program to reach out to it suppliers to let them know how vital their work is to the space shuttle program.
Ivins talked with shuttle program employees about NASA’s plans for the future and gave employees a sneak peak at the new design concept for shuttle missions. The program and the craft are undergoing major design changes. Ivins commented that the new craft will look a lot like the old Apollo spacecraft and that the new technology has a “decidedly retro feel.”
HR Textron Employees Go Above and Beyond
Ivins took the opportunity to recognize three HR Textron employees, Linda Johnson, Bob Turley and Chuck Willis. The employees were given Above and Beyond award plaques in recognition of their efforts during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Unable to fly into the storm-damaged Slidell, Louisiana, airport near the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, HR Textron employees drove the 200 miles to perform an onsite field actuator repair.
HR Textron manufactured the hydraulic actuation systems for NASA’s shuttles. The actuators control the flow of liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and hot gas in the shuttle’s main engine – controlling the first seven minutes of flight including engine startup, mainstage operation and shutdown. HRT remains under contract with NASA to closely monitor and maintain the actuators.
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| Chuck Willis, Marsh Ivins, Linda Johnson and Bob Turley pose for photo after receiving awards. |
About HR Textron
HR Textron has been an industry leader in motion control systems and components for commercial and military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, spacecraft, marine craft and ground vehicles since 1933. HR Textron products are used widely throughout the world in fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and tiltrotor aircraft; precision guided missiles and munitions, unmanned air vehicles, spacecraft, turbine engines and armored vehicles. Applications include primary, secondary and other control actuators, fuel and pneumatic systems, gun stabilization and fire control systems and automated test and diagnostic systems.
The company is also dedicated to the research, design, development and production of motion control systems and components for use by defense and other government agencies worldwide.
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