http://www.ntis.gov/rss/RSSNTISCategoryList.aspxNational Technical Reports Libraryen(c) 2008, National Technical Information Service. All rights reserved.5http://www.ntis.gov/images/logoRSS.jpghttp://www.ntis.govExcavation will hold a key role for future lunar missions. NASA has stated that 'advances in lunar regolith mining have the potential to significantly contribute to our nation's space vision and NASA space exploration operations.' (1). The Lunabotics ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000010This paper presents the aerodynamic analysis and database development for the first stage separation of the Ares I A106 Crew Launch Vehicle configuration. Separate databases were created for the first stage and upper stage. Each database consists of ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016802Aerospace technology that is being developed for space and aeronautical applications has great potential for providing technical advances for terrestrial power systems. Some recent accomplishments arising from activities being pursued at the National ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016507Presentation Agenda: (1) Selected variables affecting oxygen consumption during spacecraft fires; (2) General overview of ISO 16697; (3) Estimated amounts of material consumed during combustion in typical ISS enclosures; (4) Discussion on potential a ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016852Science objectives of the LADEE Mission are to: (1) determine the composition, and time variability of the tenuous lunar atmosphere; and (2) to characterize the dust environment and its variability. These studies will extend the in-situ characterizat ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016981The operational pressure range is the range to which the suit can be nominally operated for manned testing. The top end of the nominal operational pressure range is equivalent to 1/2 the proof pressure. Structural pressure is 1.5 times the specified ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017182The advent of the commercial space launch industry and NASA's more recent resumption of operation of Stennis Space Center's large test facilities after thirty years of contractor control resulted in a need for a non-proprietary data acquisition syste ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000303The Office of Chief Technologist (OCT), NASA has identified the need for research and technology development in part from NASA's Strategic Goal 3.3 of the NASA Strategic Plan to develop and demonstrate the critical technologies that will make NASA's ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000618The present study details the high-power condensable propellant research being conducted at NASA Glenn Research Center. The gallium electromagnetic thruster is an ablative coaxial accelerator designed to operate at arc discharge currents in the range ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120018050Non-oxide fiber optics such as heavy metal fluoride and chalcogenide glasses are extensively used in infrared transmitting applications such as communication systems, chemical sensors, and laser fiber guides for cutting, welding and medical surgery. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016709The Risk of Performance Errors Due to Training Deficiencies is identified by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Research Program (HRP) as a recognized risk to human health and performance in space. The HRP Program Requirem ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000057The 2011 Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) investigated several geologic settings on Svalbard, using methodologies and techniques being developed or considered for future Mars missions, such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The Samp ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016982The Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME) is a MIDEX class NASA Explorer mission that will perform an all-sky, astrometric survey with unprecedented accuracy. FAME will produce an astrometric catalog of 40 million stars between 5th and 15th ma ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA572070With the retirement of the Space Shuttle, the United States now depends on recently developed commercial spacecraft to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with cargo. These new vehicles supplement ones from international partners including t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017923Joe Kosmo shared some final words and advice for his teammates in the Spacesuit and Crew Survival Systems Branch (EC5) and the Crew and Thermal Systems Division (CTSD (EC)) upon his retirement. He knew nothing about spacesuits when he started working ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017372Laboratory spectra have shown that CO2 is a powerful diagnostic tool for analyzing infrared data from remote observations, as it has been detected on icy moons in the outer Solar System as well as dust grain surfaces in the interstellar medium (ISM). ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016605A laser ablation mass spectrometer (LAMS) based on a time-of-flight (TOF) analyzer with adjustable drift length is proposed as a standoff elemental composition sensor for space missions to airless bodies. It is found that the use of a retarding poten ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017379NASA has a unique history in processing the Space Shuttle fleet for launches. Some of this experience has been captured in the NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS). This tool provides a convenient way for design engineers to review lessons ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017921In-space propulsion often necessitates the use of a capillary liquid acquisition device (LAD) to assure that gas-free liquid propellant is available to support engine restarts in microgravity. If a capillary screen-channel device is chosen, then the ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000453The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite comprises the largest science payload on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 'Curiosity' rover. SAM will perform chemical and isotopic analysis of volatile compounds from atmospheric and solid samples ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016992No abstract available. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017892A trailing Ballute drag device concept for spacecraft aerocapture is considered. A thermal model for calculation of the Ballute membrane temperature and the inflation gas temperature is developed. An algorithm capturing the most salient features of t ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016518Horizontal launch has been investigated for 60 years by over 130 different studies. During this time only one concept, Pegasus, has ever been in operation. The attractiveness of horizontal launch is the capability to provide a 'mobile launch pad' tha ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000446A suite of sensors scheduled to fly onboard the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite in 2011 will continue the Sensor Data Records (SDRs) provided by operational and research missions over the last 40 years. The Cross- track Infrared and Microw ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA571642No abstract available. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000573The Space Shuttle Orbiters Discovery and Endeavor have been digitally scanned to obtain outer mold line surfaces. Using these scans, the existing overset computational fluid dynamics (CFD) grid system will be modified by projecting the grid points to ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017918Firefighters and other emergency response personnel are presented with an increasing array of technologies to improve their health and safety. This includes real-time bidirectional communication, navigation and positional information, data on physiol ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016856High launch costs and mission requirements drive the need for low mass excavators with mobility platforms, which in turn have little traction and excavation reaction capacity in low gravity environments. This presents the need for precursor and long ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017917The MSFC/APL Robotic Lunar Landing Project (RLLDP) team has developed lander concepts encompassing a range of mission types and payloads for science, exploration, and technology demonstration missions: (1) Developed experience and expertise in lander ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016719SEVO (Space Environment Viability of Organics) is one of two astrobiology experiments onboard the NASA Organism/Organics Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) cubesat, launched in November 2010. The satellite is still operational with nominal perfor ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120016528As a continuation from summer 2012, the Shuttle Case Study Collection has been developed using lessons learned documented by NASA engineers, analysts, and contractors. Decades of information related to processing and launching the Space Shuttle is ga ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20130000606The Space Shuttle Orbiters Discovery and Endeavor have been digitally scanned to produce post-flight configuration outer mold line surfaces. Very detailed scans of the windward side of these vehicles provide resolution of the detailed tile step and g ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017909The Iowa State University team, Team LunaCY, is composed of the following sub-teams: the main student organization, the Lunabotics Club; a senior mechanical engineering design course, ME 415; a senior multidisciplinary design course, ENGR 466; and a ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=N20120017902