117 datasets found
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Federal
Solid-State Thermionic Nuclear Power for Megawatt Propulsion, Planetary Surface and Commercial Power Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Thermionic (TI) power conversion is a promising technology first investigated for power conversion in the 1960’s, and of renewed interest due to modern advances... -
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Autonomous Deep-Space Optical Navigation Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Every one of the future exploration architectures being considered by NASA have, at their core, the need to rendezvous and dock with other vehicles or bodies. ... -
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Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph (RAISE) Renewal Proposal Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The optical design of RAISE is based on a new class of UV/EUV imaging spectrometers that use only two reflections to provide quasi-stigmatic performance... -
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General Mission Analysis Tool Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Overview GMAT is a feature rich system containing high fidelity space system models, optimization and targeting,built in scripting and programming... -
Federal
A Compact Immersion Grating Spectrometer with Quantum Capacitance Detectors for Space-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
SPECTROMETER: The grating spectrometer uses a curved grating fabricated on a high resistivity silicon wafer. Light will be coupled in via a silicon immersion... -
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Smart Coatings for Launch Site Corrosion Protection Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Corrosion is a serious problem that has enormous costs for the nation (4.2% GDP in 2007) and worldwide. Kennedy Space Center is located in one of the most naturally... -
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Carbon Nanotube Multifunctional Tendons for Tensegrity Robots Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Tensegrity robots have attracted considerable attention for use in planetary exploration missions because they can be stowed into relatively small volumes before... -
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Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Created in 2009 as part of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Integrated Systems Research Program, the Environmentally Responsible Aviation... -
Federal
Transformational Tools and Technologies Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The Transformational Tools and Technologies (TTT) Project advances state-of-the-art computational and experimental tools and technologies that are vital to aviation... -
Federal
Cryogenic Liquid Level-Sensing using Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor (FOSS) Technology Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Armstrong innovators have developed a highly accurate method for measuring liquid levels using optical fibers. Unlike liquid level gauges that rely on discrete... -
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Early Detection of Overheating Polytetrafluoroethylene Insulated Wires Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The objective of the proposed work is to develop a rapid time response diagnostic using a suite of instruments for the detection of... -
Federal
Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership: Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Shared Voyage is about four remarkable projects:the Advanced Composition Explorer (NASA), the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (U.S. Air Force), the Pathfinder... -
Federal
Development and Testing of a New Positron Identification by Coincident Annihilation Photons (PICAP) System Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The objective of the proposed research is to develop and test a prototype of an innovative and simple detector technique to identify moderate energy (a few MeV)... -
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Investigation of anomalous transport in the lower thermosphere Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Near-simultaneously deployed chemical tracer trails over an extended horizontal range will be used to obtain measurements of the turbulent structure function... -
Federal
Direct Energy Conversion for Nuclear Propulsion at Low Specific Mass Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Low specific mass (< 3 kg/kW) in-space electric power and propulsion can drastically alter the paradigm for exploration of the Solar System, changing human... -
Federal
Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership: Interactive Case Studies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Case studies illustrate the kinds of decisions and dilemmas managers face every day, and as such provide an effective learning tool for project management. Due to the... -
Federal
The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI): Update & Second Launch Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Particle acceleration in solar flares and its contribution to coronal heating are among the main unsolved problems in heliophysics. Accelerated electrons in a... -
Federal
US Participation in the Solar Orbiter Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (METIS) Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy, METIS, investigation has been conceived to perform off-limb and near-Sun coronagraphy and is... -
Federal
Entry Systems Modeling (ESM) Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Cutting edge customer driven research in two areas: Aerosciences, including the completion and delivery of two new aerothermal CFD codes, a first ever validated shock... -
Federal
Rapid Advanced Heliocentric Mission Design for L3, L4, L5, NEO Rendezvous, Capture, Sample Return Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Provide fast, new capability for Loose SmallSat Constellation with solar sail and impulsive propulsion to nonlinear heliocentric orbits, high inclination, low energy...
117 datasets found