Space science books

Static load capacity is a critical design parameter for rolling element bearings used in space mechanisms because...  Read More >>

In this paper, the design of a beacon transmitter that will be flown as a hosted payload on a geostationary satellite...  Read More >>

A spiral orbit tribometer (SOT) intended to characterize friction and wear phenomena has been constructed on a milling...  Read More >>

This report describes cognitive networking (CN) and its application to NASA's Space Communication and Networking...  Read More >>

NASA s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project and Subsonic Fixed Wing Project are focused on developing concepts...  Read More >>

A simple model of the Advanced Stirling Convertors (ASC) linear alternator and an AC bus controller has been developed...  Read More >>

Four nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) models have been created in the Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS)...  Read More >>

This paper presents experimental results for the liquid hydrogen bubble point tests using warm pressurant gases...  Read More >>

There is no way the PIC's could have seen any current' was the gist of Mike Griffin's assessment. Griffin was the...  Read More >>

Though there are a few examples of scanning phased array antennas that have flown successfully in space, the quest...  Read More >>

New powder metallurgy (PM) disk superalloys, such as ME3, LSHR, and Alloy 10, have been developed in recent years...  Read More >>

Many of the methods used to develop software bare a close resemblance to Complex Electronics (CE) development. CE...  Read More >>

An inlet system is being tested to evaluate methodologies for a turbine based combined cycle propulsion system to...  Read More >>

The purpose of this document is to introduce a new user to the procedures for overset CFD analysis by building scripts...  Read More >>

The history of flight started with the pioneer era. The introduction of mechanical controls (including hydraulics)...  Read More >>

Novel electrode materials with increased specific capacity and voltage performance are critical to the NASA goals...  Read More >>

A relocated rocket engine test facility, the Altitude Combustion Stand (ACS), was activated in 2009 at the NASA...  Read More >>

Silicon is a promising and attractive anode material to replace graphite for high capacity lithium ion cells since...  Read More >>

Due to its simplicity and robustness against wavefront distortion, pulse position modulation (PPM) with photon counting...  Read More >>

The Advanced Stirling Convertor (ASC) is being developed by an integrated team of Sunpower and National Aeronautics...  Read More >>

Objective: To investigate how different cleaning agents sanitize an assortment of vegetables and fruits for nsumption...  Read More >>

NASA is currently developing a new crew module to replace capabilities of the retired Space Shuttles and to provide...  Read More >>

A methodology is developed to computationally assess the non-deterministic composite response at all composite scales...  Read More >>

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) have been developing the Advanced...  Read More >>

This paper summarizes the procedures of inserting a thin-layer mesh to existing inviscid polyhedral mesh either...  Read More >>