Heliospace Adds Former JPL and NASA Senior Technical Staff to Its Team
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) has strengthened its Space Systems Engineering Team with three former JPL and NASA senior technical staff members. Brian Childs, former Chief Mechanical Engineer for Department of Defense Flight Programs and Mars Sample Return mission, brings expertise in mechanical and structural design. James Cooper, with 33 years of mechanical engineering experience, previously served as Lead Mechanical Engineer for Hubble Space Telescope servicing and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Manager. Shaun Thomson, a 35-year NASA veteran, joins with extensive thermal engineering experience from various NASA missions, including his role as Thermal Subsystem Lead Engineer for JWST.
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) ha rafforzato il suo Team di Ingegneria dei Sistemi Spaziali con tre ex membri senior del personale tecnico del JPL e della NASA. Brian Childs, ex Chief Mechanical Engineer per i Programmi di Volo del Dipartimento della Difesa e per la missione Mars Sample Return, porta con sé competenze nel design meccanico e strutturale. James Cooper, con 33 anni di esperienza in ingegneria meccanica, ha precedentemente ricoperto il ruolo di Lead Mechanical Engineer per la riparazione del Telescopio Spaziale Hubble e Manager del Sunshield per il Telescopio Spaziale James Webb della NASA. Shaun Thomson, un veterano della NASA con 35 anni di esperienza, si unisce al team con una vasta esperienza in ingegneria termica proveniente da varie missioni della NASA, incluso il suo ruolo come Thermal Subsystem Lead Engineer per JWST.
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) ha fortalecido su Equipo de Ingeniería de Sistemas Espaciales con tres ex miembros senior del personal técnico de JPL y NASA. Brian Childs, ex Jefe de Ingeniería Mecánica para los Programas de Vuelo del Departamento de Defensa y la misión de Retorno de Muestras de Marte, aporta experiencia en diseño mecánico y estructural. James Cooper, con 33 años de experiencia en ingeniería mecánica, anteriormente se desempeñó como Ingeniero Mecánico Principal para el servicio del Telescopio Espacial Hubble y Gerente del Sunshield del Telescopio Espacial James Webb de la NASA. Shaun Thomson, un veterano de NASA con 35 años de experiencia, se une con una amplia experiencia en ingeniería térmica de varias misiones de NASA, incluido su papel como Ingeniero Principal del Subsistema Térmico para JWST.
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO)는 JPL 및 NASA의 세 명의 전직 고위 기술 직원으로 우주 시스템 엔지니어링 팀을 강화했습니다. Brian Childs는 국방부 비행 프로그램과 화성 샘플 반환 미션의 전 수석 기계 엔지니어로서 기계 및 구조 설계에 대한 전문성을 제공합니다. James Cooper는 33년의 기계 공학 경험을 가지고 있으며, 이전에 허블 우주 망원경 수리의 수석 기계 엔지니어와 NASA 제임스 웹 우주 망원경의 태양 차폐 관리자 역할을 수행했습니다. Shaun Thomson은 NASA에서 35년의 경력을 가진 베테랑으로, JWST의 열 하위 시스템 수석 엔지니어로서의 역할을 포함하여 다양한 NASA 미션에서 폭넓은 열 공학 경험을 가지고 있습니다.
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) a renforcé son équipe d'ingénierie des systèmes spatiaux avec trois anciens membres seniors du personnel technique de JPL et de la NASA. Brian Childs, ancien ingénieur en chef des programmes de vol du département de la Défense et de la mission de retour d'échantillons de Mars, apporte son expertise en conception mécanique et structurelle. James Cooper, avec 33 ans d'expérience en ingénierie mécanique, a précédemment occupé le poste d'ingénieur mécanique principal pour la maintenance du télescope spatial Hubble et responsable du bouclier solaire du télescope spatial James Webb de la NASA. Shaun Thomson, vétéran de la NASA avec 35 ans d'expérience, se joint à l'équipe avec une vaste expérience en ingénierie thermique provenant de diverses missions de la NASA, y compris son rôle en tant qu'ingénieur principal du sous-système thermique pour JWST.
Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) hat sein Team für Raumfahrtsystemtechnik mit drei ehemaligen leitenden technischen Mitarbeitern von JPL und NASA verstärkt. Brian Childs, ehemaliger Chefmechaniker für die Flugprogramme des Verteidigungsministeriums und die Mars Sample Return-Mission, bringt Fachwissen in mechanischem und strukturellem Design mit. James Cooper, der über 33 Jahre Erfahrung in der Maschinenbau hat, war zuvor als leitender Maschinenbauingenieur für die Wartung des Hubble-Weltraumteleskops und als Manager des Sonnenschutzes des NASA James Webb-Weltraumteleskops tätig. Shaun Thomson, ein 35-jähriger NASA-Veteran, bringt umfangreiche Erfahrungen in der Thermotechnik aus verschiedenen NASA-Missionen mit, einschließlich seiner Rolle als leitender Ingenieur des thermischen Untersystems für JWST.
- Addition of three highly experienced senior technical staff from JPL and NASA
- Team members bring specific expertise in critical space engineering disciplines
- New hires have direct experience with major space missions (Mars Sample Return, Hubble, JWST)
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Childs, Cooper, Thompson Bring Decades of Expertise to Heliospace
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 20, 2025 / Heliospace Corp., a subsidiary of Helio Corporation (OTC PINK:HLEO), has announced that it has tapped three former JPL and NASA senior technical staff members for its Space Systems Engineering Team. Brian Childs, James Cooper, and Shaun Thomson are the latest additions to the Heliospace experienced technical roster.
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Brian Childs has experience leading mechanical and structural design teams, as well as systems engineering and structural configuration experience of large optical systems. He was the Chief Mechanical Engineer for multiple Department of Defense Flight Demonstration Programs as well as the Chief Engineer for the Mars Sample Return mission.
James Cooper brings 33 years of experience as a mechanical engineer to Heliospace. He has worked on the management, design, fabrication, assembly, test, and flight operations of various space system structures and mechanisms, was the Lead Mechanical Engineer for the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (SM4) and spent 12+ years as the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Sunshield Manager.
Shaun Thomson is a 35-year NASA veteran with experience in thermal engineering in space flight projects. He served as the Thermal Subsystem Lead Engineer for JWST and numerous other NASA Earth orbiting, planetary, and deep space missions.
"Brian, James, and Shaun bring significant expertise to support our development of optical systems," says Joe Pitman, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Heliospace. "They have been respected colleagues of ours for decades and through many space missions and we are thrilled to now have them as a part of the Heliospace team."
About Helio Corporation:
Helio Corporation is a technology, engineering and research and development (R&D) holding company serving commercial, government and non-profit organizations. Our wholly owned subsidiary Heliospace Corporation ("Heliospace") is an aerospace company specializing in the design, engineering, assembly and test of space flight-qualified hardware and provides systems engineering, modeling, analysis, integration and test services to customers in government, commercial, private and non-profit markets. With deep expertise in civil space missions combined with a growing business serving commercial companies, our primary company objective is to enable humanity's pursuit of the scientific and commercial development of space. https://helio.space
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