Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) hosted a high-level delegation of leaders from the Brazilian science and space communities, 8/15-16/22, to mark recent and upcoming milestones for the Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT) mission, and to discuss cooperation and collaboration for Artemis. Other potential science collaborations being developed at MSFC were also discussed. During the two-day event, led by David McKenzie (ST13) and supported by members of Heliophysics and Planetary Science Branch, Science Research and Projects Division, Science and Technology Office, OSAC, OIIR, UAH, and at least 9 other organizations across MSFC, leaders from the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI), the Brazilian Space Agency Agência Espacial Brazileira (AEB), and the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) met with Center leadership, the Science and Technology Office, and the Science Research and Projects Division, for a series of discussions focused on collaborative contributions to the Artemis program.
On 8/13/22, Linda Habash Krause (ST13) worked with personnel from the US Space and Rocket Center to offer a guided tour of the facility to visiting collaborators from the Brazilian government. The visitors were Ricardo Cesar Mangrich, Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI), Rodrigo Leonardi, responsible for the Artemis Program in the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), and Luís Eduardo Vergueiro Loures da Costa of the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA).