Abstract: Fiber-reinforced composite structures have become more common in aerospace components due to their light weight…
Author: New NASA STI
Steering Concept of a 2-Blade Heliogyro Solar Sail Spacecraft
Abstract: Solar sails can be classified into two groups based on their method of stabilization: 1)…
Simulated Space Environment Effects on a Candidate Solar Sail Material
Abstract: For long duration missions of solar sails, the sail material needs to survive harsh space…
Temperature-Driven Shape Changes of the Near Earth Asteroid Scout Solar Sail
Abstract: Near Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) is a NASA deep space Cubesat, scheduled to launch…
NASA’s Advanced Solar Sail Propulsion System for Low-Cost Deep Space Exploration and Science Missions that Use High Performance Rollable Composite Booms
Abstract: Several low-cost solar sail technology demonstrator missions are under development in the United States. However,…
Measurements of Atmospheric Radiation on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Aircraft at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) MARS UAV at AFRC
Abstract: WHAATRR gilder is a PRANDTL-M flying weather and space radiation sensor laden vehicle for identifying…
Risk-based SMA for Cubesats
Abstract: This presentation conveys an approach for risk-based safety and mission assurance applied to cubesats. This…
Modeling an Iodine Hall Thruster Plume in the Iodine Satellite (ISAT)
Abstract: An iodine-operated 200-W Hall thruster plume has been simulated using a hybrid-PIC model to predict…