Project Highlights

[photo credit: NASA]

James worked for over 12 years as NASA's JWST Sunshield Manager, working with his NASA team and the Northrop contractor team to develop this extremely complex system from preliminary design through mission success.  After launching on Christmas day in 2021, the team accomplished the most complex and challenging series of in-space deployments NASA has ever attempted.

[photo credit: NASA]

[image credit: NASA]

James worked on HST servicing missions 3a, 3b & 4. He started as the Responsible Engineer for small flight subsystems, and then was hired as the overall Mechanical Systems Manager for HST Servicing Mission 4.

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James worked as the CCRS deputy mechanical systems lead for about 2 years, ending with a successful Preliminary Design Review before the mission was put on hold for budgetary reasons. His primary focus was on mechanical requirements, interface control, structure architecture, and preliminary mechanism design.