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![A 3D printed thermal protection shield, produced by ORNL researchers for NASA, is part of a cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. The shield was printed at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-07/Sanded5.jpg?h=dce12e0c&itok=_8wzeG94)
A research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have 3D printed a thermal protection shield, or TPS, for a capsule that will launch with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of the supply mission to the International Space Station.
![Deborah Frincke, one of the nation’s preeminent computer scientists and cybersecurity experts, serves as associate laboratory director of ORNL’s National Security Science Directorate. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-05/Deborah%20Frincke%20profile_0.jpg?h=8caed45b&itok=0eTC4gMH)
Deborah Frincke, one of the nation’s preeminent computer scientists and cybersecurity experts, serves as associate laboratory director of ORNL’s National Security Science Directorate. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
![Gautam Thakur, a researcher in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Geospatial Science and Human Security Division, leads work on PlanetSense, a computing platform that combs the Web for geographic information on disasters and other events. His work helped aid relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian. Photo: Carlos Jones](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-01/GautamThakurNew.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=Dwm1vgl1)
As Hurricane Dorian raged through the Bahamas, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory worked around the clock to aid recovery efforts for one of the Caribbean’s worst storms ever.
![Jeff Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-11/JeffJohnson.jpg?h=4dd59377&itok=iS3_9XLm)
Jeff Johnson, nonproliferation research and development integration manager for ORNL’s National Security Sciences Directorate, has been honored by the American Nuclear Society
![Six ORNL scientists have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-11/AAASfellows.jpg?h=d761c044&itok=opKRkA17)
Six ORNL scientists have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.