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Impact cratering of the earth's surface is discussed and compared with lunar craters. The basic types found on earth...  Read More >>

The current design is presented for the automated IDEF3 and IDEF4 tools. The philosophy is described behind the...  Read More >>

The second ATmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2) mission was flown aboard the Space Shuttle...  Read More >>

The coupling of expert systems and control design and analysis techniques are documented to provide a realizable...  Read More >>

Following the Challenger tragedy, an evaluation of the integrated main propulsion system flight data revealed a...  Read More >>

The basic concatenated coding system for the space telemetry channel consists of a Reed-Solomon (RS) outer code,...  Read More >>

The design, calibration and testing of a cold gas, bi-directional throttlable thruster are discussed. The thruster...  Read More >>

Reflected solar radiative fluxes emerging for the Earth's top of the atmosphere are inferred from satellite broadband...  Read More >>

A key element of the future NASA Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) mission is the lunar and Mars telecommunication...  Read More >>

The purpose of the effort described was to perform experiments and calculations related to using a thermomechanical...  Read More >>

A computational jet noise study of a short conical plug-nozzle (CPN) is presented. The CPN has an exit diameter...  Read More >>

The current Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) environment has become overly crowded with space debris. An evaluation of types...  Read More >>

The status and some recent developments of continuum modeling for large repetitive lattice structures are summarized....  Read More >>

The goal of damage mitigating control in reusable rocket engines is to achieve high performance with increased durability...  Read More >>

A programmable maintenance processor concept applicable to multiprocessing systems has been developed at the NASA...  Read More >>

A new method for design and generation of spiral bevel gears of uniform tooth depth with localized bearing contact...  Read More >>

This study examined the effectiveness of a planned cockpit rest period to improve alertness and performance in long-haul...  Read More >>

Engineering and operations of modern engineered systems depend critically upon detailed design and operations knowledge...  Read More >>

CIPE (the Concurrent Image Processing Executive) is both an executive which organizes the parameter inputs for hypercube...  Read More >>

The results of the nephelometer experiment conducted aboard the Probe of the Galileo mission to Jupiter are presented....  Read More >>