Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate

Mechanical Systems
(Wallops Flight Facility)

The EOS M280 Metal Printer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. On the right, an engineer fine-tunes a metal-printed part for further processing.
The EOS M280 Metal Printer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. On the right, an engineer fine-tunes a metal-printed part for further processing.

Comprehensive Mechanical Engineering for Space Missions from Design to Testing and Additive Manufacturing

Mechanical systems engineers at Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) provide mechanical systems mission design and implementation for sub-orbital and special orbital projects, as well as Earth and space science instrument design and development activities. The WFF engineers are responsible for the entire lifecycle of payload/carrier mechanical systems, which includes technical services such as mechanical design, structural analysis, thermal analysis, and assembly, integration, and testing.

Mechanical systems personnel serve in a variety of roles on key projects and technology development efforts. These engineers also provide management and technical oversight of mechanical engineering and technical support tasks for its support contract. Additionally, the engineers maintain responsibility for the development and management of world-class integration and testing facilities and infrastructure at WFF.

ETD mechanical systems experts offers end-to-end metal additive manufacturing services, providing engineering support for the full production lifecycle of prototyping and flight parts. These services cover everything from the initial design phase to the final post-processed parts, which are made of material equivalent to Aluminum 6061-T6.

Image of a novel and experimental metal part in raw form
Image of a novel and experimental metal part in raw form

Mechanical Systems (Wallops Flight Facility) is managed by ETD’s Mechanical Systems Division (MSD). Contact MSD for more information.