Sounds incredible. I was a machinist and early UI designer for a rocket thruster in the early 2000's for Northrup Grumman as a contractor while working on the Hubble to stay in orbit for a launch led by and supervised by Story Musgrave. That said I found a great UI that relates to our conversation thats really rewarding and a great data visualization tool to help you with NEXUS and Jim/Colin.
Check out the link Orbital Objects UI Data Visualization Tool
I think this will be valuable in teaching the community as well. Thanks