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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