Bio
BioStewart Bushman is the lead propulsion engineer for multiple interplanetary spacecraft, including New Horizons, STEREO, and Dragonfly. He is proficient in testing, designing, reviewing, and procuring liquid monopropellant/bipropellant, electric propulsion, and micropropulsion systems.
Notable Awards and Leadership
Notable Awards and Leadership| Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Year(s) 2018 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award to the MESSENGER Project Team for exceptional contributions to the first mission to orbit Mercury, executing unprecedented observations adding to humankind’s understanding of our solar system’s innermost planet |
| Year(s) 2017 | Description APL Walter G. Berl Award (Outstanding Paper in the Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest) for Gold, R. E., Bushman, S. S., et al., “Maximizing MESSENGER’s Science Return with Technologies and Innovation,” Volume 34, Number 1 (2017), pp. 71–87 |
| Year(s) 2016 | Description NASA Certificate of Achievement to the Space Communications and Navigation – STEREO-B Recovery Team for demonstration of the proficiency of uplink array commanding with widely spaced antennas to attempt the recovery of the STEREO-B spacecraft |
| Year(s) 2016 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award to the New Horizons Team for exceptional contributions in the successful completion of the initial reconnaissance of the Pluto system, providing humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto and its moons |
| Year(s) 2013 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award to the Van Allen Probes Project Team |
| Year(s) 2011 - Present | Description Member, AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee, Awards Subcommittee Chair |
| Year(s) 2007 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award to the New Horizons Spacecraft Development Team |
