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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Experimental Results of Concurrent Learning Adaptive Controllers [PDF]
, 2012 Commonly used Proportional-Integral-Derivative based UAV flight controllers are often seen to provide adequate trajectory-tracking performance only after extensive tuning.
Borkar V. +9 more
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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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Advanced Method to Estimate Fuel Slosh Simulation Parameters [PDF]
, 2005 The nutation (wobble) of a spinning spacecraft in the presence of energy dissipation is a well-known problem in dynamics and is of particular concern for space missions.
Gangadharan, Sathya +5 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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NASA to launch second business communications satellite [PDF]
The two stage Delta 3910 launch vehicle was chosen to place the second small business satellite (SBS-B) into a transfer orbit with an apogee of 36,619 kilometers and a perigee of 167 km, at an inclination of 27.7 degrees to Earth's equator.
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Integrated Atmosphere Resource Recovery and Environmental Monitoring Technology Demonstration for Deep Space Exploration [PDF]
, 2012 Exploring the frontiers of deep space continues to be defined by the technological challenges presented by safely transporting a crew to and from destinations of scientific interest.
Abney, Morgan B. +5 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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Powering Exploration: The Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle and Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle [PDF]
, 2008 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Constellation Program is depending on the Ares Projects to deliver the crew and cargo launch capabilities needed to send human explorers to the Moon and beyond. The Ares Projects continue to make
Cook, Stephen A.
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Pitch Guidance Optimization for the Orion Abort Flight Tests [PDF]
, 2010 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration created the Constellation program to develop the next generation of manned space vehicles and launch vehicles. The Orion abort system is initiated in the event of an unsafe condition during launch.
Stillwater, Ryan Allanque
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