Morgan City native receives NASA award

Barry E. Robinson of Slidell, a native of Morgan City, has received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.
Robinson was honored for sustained leadership as the B-2 Test Stand core stage test project manager at Stennis Space Center. The project goal was to ready the B-2 facility for testing the Space Launch System core stage prior to its maiden mission.
Robinson was among those who received awards from Stennis Space Center Director Rick Gilbrech and NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen on Sept. 10. The ceremony was held at the rocket engine test site near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Robinson coordinated work across six separate facilities and involving 29 separate B-2 stand systems. By February 2019, he had led 100 percent of work to completion and activated all 29 systems, preparing Stennis for a new chapter in rocket propulsion testing.
Stennis Space Center is located near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and is NASA’s lead center for propulsion testing.