Test Plan for the Technology Maturation of Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators [PDF]
, 2009 Supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerators (IADs) are drag devices intended to be deployed at high Mach numbers. In the application considered here they assist in the descent and landing of spacecraft on Mars.
Cruz, Juan R., Kelly, Jenny R.
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Impact of key design constraints on fault management strategies for distributed electrical propulsion aircraft [PDF]
, 2017 Electrically driven distributed propulsion has been presented as a possible solution to reduce aircraft noise and emissions, despite increasing global levels of air travel.
Flynn, Marie-Claire +4 more
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Aeronautical Engineering: A special bibliography with indexes, supplement 54 [PDF]
This bibliography lists 316 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in January ...
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Space transportation systems, launch systems, and propulsion for the Space Exploration Initiative: Results from Project Outreach [PDF]
A number of transportation and propulsion options for Mars exploration missions are analyzed. As part of Project Outreach, RAND received and evaluated 350 submissions in the launch vehicle, space transportation, and propulsion areas.
Augenstein, B. +4 more
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NASA Puffin Electric Tailsitter VTOL Concept [PDF]
, 2010 Electric propulsion offers dramatic new vehicle mission capabilities, not possible with turbine or reciprocating engines; including high reliability and efficiency, low engine weight and maintenance, low cooling drag and volume required, very low noise ...
Moore, Mark D.
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Register of specialized sources for information on selected fuels and oxidizers [PDF]
Thirty-eight (38) organizations are listed and described that catalog and file information in their data systems on fuel and oxidizers. The fuels include hydrogen, methane and hydrazine-type fuels; the oxidizers include oxygen, fluorine, flox, nitrogen ...
Ludtke, P. R.
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A Performance Analysis of Folding Conformal Propeller Blade Designs [PDF]
NASAs X-57 Maxwell flight demonstrator has a high-lift system that includes 12 fixed- pitch high-lift propellers located upstream of the wing leading edge for lift augmentation at low speeds.
Derlaga, Joseph M. +1 more
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Measurement and Characterization of Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Plume Acoustics [PDF]
, 2009 Lift-off acoustic environments generated by the future Ares I launch vehicle are assessed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) acoustics team using several prediction tools.
Hobbs, Chris +3 more
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Design of Optoelectronic Tracking Platform Driven by Ultrasonic Motor with a Novel Limiter. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel), 2023 Liang Y, Pan S, Chen L.
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Technology for large space systems: A special bibliography with indexes (supplement 04) [PDF]
This bibliography lists 259 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system between July 1, 1980 and December 31, 1980.
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