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  • NASA specification for manufacturing and performance requirements of NASA standard aerospace nickel-cadmium cells
    2019
    Co-Authors: Nasa
    Abstract:

    On November 25, 1985, the NASA Chief Engineer established a NASA-wide policy to maintain and to require the use of the NASA standard for aerospace nickel-cadmium cells and batteries. The Associate Administrator for Safety, Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance stated on December 29, 1986, the intent to retain the NASA standard cell usage policy established by the Office of the Chief Engineer. The current NASA policy is also to incorporate technological advances as they are tested and proven for spaceflight applications. This policy will be implemented by modifying the existing standard cells or by developing new NASA standards and their specifications in accordance with the NASA's Aerospace Battery Systems Program Plan. This NASA Specification for Manufacturing and Performance Requirements of NASA Standard Aerospace Nickel-Cadmium Cells is prepared to provide requirements for the NASA standard nickel-cadmium cell. It is an interim specification pending resolution of the separator material availability. This specification has evolved from over 15 years of nickel-cadmium cell experience by NASA. Consequently, considerable experience has been collected and cell performance has been well characterized from many years of ground testing and from in-flight operations in both geosynchronous (GEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) applications. NASA has developed and successfully used two standard flight qualified cell designs.

  • Aeronautics in NACA and NASA
    2019
    Co-Authors: Nasa
    Abstract:

    Initiated in 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NACA/NASA) aeronautical programs have been the keystone of a sustained U.S. Government, industry, and university research effort which has been a primary factor in the development of our remarkable air transportation systems, the country's largest positive trade balance component, and the world's finest military Air Force. This overview summarizes the flow of events, and the major trends, that have led from the NACA origins to the present NASA Aeronautics program, and indicates some important directions for the years ahead.

  • Aeronautical Engineering: 1983 cumulative index
    2019
    Co-Authors: Nasa
    Abstract:

    This bibliography is a cumulative index to the abstracts contained in NASA SP-7037 (158) through NASA SP-7037 (169) of Aeronautical Engineering: A Continuing Bibliography. NASA SP-7037 and its supplements have been compiled through the cooperative efforts of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This cumulative index includes subject, personal author, corporate source, contract, report number, and accession number indexes.

  • Software Quality Assurance Audits Guidebooks
    2019
    Co-Authors: Nasa
    Abstract:

    The growth in cost and importance of software to NASA has caused NASA to address the improvement of software development across the agency. One of the products of this program is a series of guidebooks that define a NASA concept of the assurance processes that are used in software development. The Software Assurance Guidebook, NASA-GB-A201, issued in September, 1989, provides an overall picture of the NASA concepts and practices in software assurance. Second level guidebooks focus on specific activities that fall within the software assurance discipline, and provide more detailed information for the manager and/or practitioner. This is the second level Software Quality Assurance Audits Guidebook that describes software quality assurance audits in a way that is compatible with practices at NASA Centers.

  • NASA Langley Research Center seventy-fifth anniversary publications, 1992
    2019
    Co-Authors: Nasa
    Abstract:

    The following are presented: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Charter; Exploring NASA's Roots, the History of NASA Langley Research Center; NASA Langley's National Historic Landmarks; The Mustang Story: Recollections of the XP-51; Testing the First Supersonic Aircraft: Memoirs of NACA Pilot Bob Champine; NASA Langley's Contributions to Spaceflight; The Rendezvous that was Almost Missed: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous and the Apollo Program; NASA Langley's Contributions to the Apollo Program; Scout Launch Vehicle Program; NASA Langley's Contributions to the Space Shuttle; 69 Months in Space: A History of the First LDEF; NACA TR No. 460: The Characteristics of 78 Related Airfoil Sections from Tests in the Variable-Density Wind Tunnel; NACA TR No. 755: Requirements for Satisfactory Flying Qualities of Airplanes; 'Happy Birthday Langley' NASA Magazine Summer 1992 Issue.

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  • NO_3 ^−/NO_2 ^− assimilation in halophilic archaea: physiological analysis, NASA and nasD expressions
    Extremophiles, 2009
    Co-Authors: Rosa María Martínez-espinosa, Belén Lledó, Frutos C. Marhuenda-egea, Susana Diaz, María José Bonete
    Abstract:

    The haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei is able to assimilate nitrate or nitrite using the assimilatory nitrate pathway. An assimilatory nitrate reductase (Nas) and an assimilatory nitrite reductase (NiR) catalyze the first and second reactions, respectively. The genes involved in this process are transcribed as two messengers, one polycistronic ( NASABC ; NASA encodes Nas) and one monocistronic ( nasD; codes for NiR). Here we report the Hfx mediterranei growth as well as the Nas and NiR activities in presence of high nitrate, nitrite and salt concentrations, using different approaches such as physiological experiments and enzymatic activities assays. The NASA and nasD expression profiles are also analysed by real-time quantitative PCR. The results presented reveal that the assimilatory nitrate/nitrite pathway in Hfx mediterranei takes place even if the salt concentration is higher than those usually present in the environments where this microorganism inhabits. This haloarchaeon grows in presence of 2 M nitrate or 50 mM nitrite, which are the highest nitrate and nitrite concentrations described from a prokaryotic microorganism. Therefore, it could be attractive for bioremediation applications in sewage plants where high salt, nitrate and nitrite concentrations are detected in wastewaters and brines.

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  • An open source virtual globe rendering engine for 3D applications: NASA World Wind
    Open Geospatial Data Software and Standards, 2017
    Co-Authors: Francesco Pirotti, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Gabriele Prestifilippo, Giorgio Zamboni, Candan Eylul Kilsedar, Marco Piragnolo, Patrick Hogan
    Abstract:

    Background NASA World Wind is an open source application-programming interface for developing geographic information systems based on a virtual globe rendering engine representing a planet. NASA World Wind provides the ideal environment for scientific data, their analysis, visual representation and interaction with users, in a single platform, which can be deployed both as a Java desktop application (NASA World Wind) or a JavaScript web application (ESA-NASA Web World Wind). Results We give here an overview of the project, reporting details regarding current development direction, with state of the art examples. The European Space Agency is now partnering with NASA on development of the "ESA-NASA Web World Wind"; this high degree of interest from other agencies will boost future project productivity. Conclusions With this contribution, we want to increase awareness of NASA World Wind as a unique opportunity to foster collaboration between scientists, developers and other stakeholders, enriching knowledge of our Earth’s complexity.

  • An open source virtual globe rendering engine for 3D applications: NASA World Wind
    Open Geospatial Data Software and Standards, 2017
    Co-Authors: Francesco Pirotti, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Gabriele Prestifilippo, Giorgio Zamboni, Candan Eylul Kilsedar, Marco Piragnolo, Patrick Hogan
    Abstract:

    NASA World Wind is an open source application-programming interface for developing geographic information systems based on a virtual globe rendering engine representing a planet. NASA World Wind provides the ideal environment for scientific data, their analysis, visual representation and interaction with users, in a single platform, which can be deployed both as a Java desktop application (NASA World Wind) or a JavaScript web application (ESA-NASA Web World Wind). We give here an overview of the project, reporting details regarding current development direction, with state of the art examples. The European Space Agency is now partnering with NASA on development of the "ESA-NASA Web World Wind"; this high degree of interest from other agencies will boost future project productivity. With this contribution, we want to increase awareness of NASA World Wind as a unique opportunity to foster collaboration between scientists, developers and other stakeholders, enriching knowledge of our Earth’s complexity.

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Steinetz, Bruce M. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • 2006 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System Workshop; Volume 1
    2007
    Co-Authors: Hendricks, Robert C., Delgado Irebert, Steinetz, Bruce M.
    Abstract:

    The 2006 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System workshop covered the following topics: (i) Overview of NASA s new Exploration Initiative program aimed at exploring the Moon, Mars, and beyond; (ii) Overview of NASA s new fundamental aeronautics technology project; (iii) Overview of NASA Glenn Research Center s seal project aimed at developing advanced seals for NASA s turbomachinery, space, and reentry vehicle needs; (iv) Reviews of NASA prime contractor, vendor, and university advanced sealing concepts including tip clearance control, test results, experimental facilities, and numerical predictions; and (v) Reviews of material development programs relevant to advanced seals development. Turbine engine studies have shown that reducing seal leakages as well as high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade tip clearances will reduce fuel burn, lower emissions, retain exhaust gas temperature margin, and increase range. Several organizations presented development efforts aimed at developing faster clearance control systems and associated technology to meet future engine needs. The workshop also covered several programs NASA is funding to develop technologies for the Exploration Initiative and advanced reusable space vehicle technologies. NASA plans on developing an advanced docking and berthing system that would permit any vehicle to dock to any on-orbit station or vehicle. Seal technical challenges (including space environments, temperature variation, and seal-on-seal operation) as well as plans to develop the necessary "androgynous" seal technologies were reviewed. Researchers also reviewed seal technologies employed by the Apollo command module that serve as an excellent basis for seals for NASA s new Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)

  • 2005 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System Workshop, Volume 1
    2006
    Co-Authors: Steinetz, Bruce M., Hendricks, Robert C.
    Abstract:

    The 2005 NASA Seal/Secondary Air System workshop covered the following topics: (i) Overview of NASA s new Exploration Initiative program aimed at exploring the Moon, Mars, and beyond; (ii) Overview of the NASA-sponsored Propulsion 21 Project; (iii) Overview of NASA Glenn s seal project aimed at developing advanced seals for NASA s turbomachinery, space, and reentry vehicle needs; (iv) Reviews of NASA prime contractor, vendor, and university advanced sealing concepts including tip clearance control, test results, experimental facilities, and numerical predictions; and (v) Reviews of material development programs relevant to advanced seals development. Turbine engine studies have shown that reducing high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade tip clearances will reduce fuel burn, lower emissions, retain exhaust gas temperature margin, and increase range. Several organizations presented development efforts aimed at developing faster clearance control systems and associated technology to meet future engine needs. The workshop also covered several programs NASA is funding to develop technologies for the Exploration Initiative and advanced reusable space vehicle technologies. NASA plans on developing an advanced docking and berthing system that would permit any vehicle to dock to any on-orbit station or vehicle. Seal technical challenges (including space environments, temperature variation, and seal-on-seal operation) as well as plans to develop the necessary "androgynous" seal technologies were reviewed. Researchers also reviewed tests completed for the shuttle main landing gear door seals

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