Space science books

The objective of this study was to illustrate the importance of combining Health Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS)...  Read More >>

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has taken an active role in collaborative research with the U.S....  Read More >>

Combustion performance of a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) jet fuel manufactured by Sasol was compared to JP-8 and a 50-50...  Read More >>

Application of open rotor propulsion systems (historically referred to as advanced turboprops or propfans ) to...  Read More >>

This report will detail the experimental results and observations obtained while investigating the feasibility of...  Read More >>

The objective of this study was to obtain a database on the flowfield past an array of vortex generators (VGs) in...  Read More >>

In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) systems and components have undergone extensive laboratory and field tests to...  Read More >>

NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) has been supporting development of the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator...  Read More >>

This paper presents a concept for a human mission to Mars orbit that features direct robotic exploration of the...  Read More >>

AeroMACS (Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System), which is based upon the IEEE 802.16e mobile wireless...  Read More >>

The NASA Glenn Research Center's Advanced Noise Control Fan (ANCF) was developed in the early 1990s to provide a...  Read More >>

The future exploration of the Solar System will require innovations in transportation and the use of entry, descent,...  Read More >>

Aircraft engine component testing at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) includes acoustic testing of scale model...  Read More >>

Shape memory alloys (SMA) have a unique ability to recover small amounts of plastic strain through a temperature...  Read More >>

Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) jet fuel composition differs from petroleum-based, conventional commercial jet fuel because...  Read More >>

The NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) has been testing 100 We class, free-piston Stirling convertors for potential...  Read More >>

This procedure provides the detailed instructions for conducting Eddy Current (EC) inspections of thin (5-30 mils)...  Read More >>

In order to practically utilize ceramic matrix composites in aircraft engine components, robust analysis tools are...  Read More >>

Composite materials have the potential to reduce the weight of rotating drive system components. However, these...  Read More >>

The Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS), which is based upon the IEEE 802.16e mobile wireless...  Read More >>

The Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG) is a high-efficiency generator being developed for potential...  Read More >>

Actuators used on the United States space shuttle fleet are lubricated with unspecified amounts of Braycote 601...  Read More >>

An open rotor experiment was conducted at cruise Mach numbers and the unsteady pressure in the nearfield was measured....  Read More >>

As ISRU system development approaches flight fidelity, there is a need to test hardware in relevant environments....  Read More >>

The book addresses computational methods for solving the problem of vibration, response, loads and stability of...  Read More >>