Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) primary mirror (PM) is 6.6 meters in diameter and…
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Performance of the Center-Of-Curvature Optical Assembly During Cryogenic Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope [STUB]
Abstract: Cryogenic testing of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) included center-of-curvature metrology of the 18-segment…
Guidelines for Safe, High Performing Li-Ion Battery Designs for Manned Vehicles [STUB]
Abstract: New design features and test methods are in development at NASA to take advantage of…
Fabrication and Sub-Assembly of Electrostatically Actuated Silicon Nitride Microshutter Arrays [STUB]
Abstract: We have developed a new microshutter array (MSA) subassembly. The MSA and a silicon substrate…
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Gravity on Heat Pipe Startup
Abstract: This paper describes an experimental investigation of the effect of the gravity pressure head on…
Proposal to Establish Model Based Mission Assurance (MBMA) Working Group for Information Sharing
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Hypervolatiles in a Jupiter-Family Comet: Observations of 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Using iSHELL at the NASA-IRTF [STUB]
Abstract: We used the new high spectral resolution cross-dispersed facility spectrograph, iSHELL, at the NASA Infrared…
Characterizing K2 Candidate Planetary Systems Orbiting Low-Mass Stars. II. Planetary Systems Observed During Campaigns 1-7 [STUB]
Abstract: We recently used near-infrared spectroscopy to improve the characterization of 76 low-mass stars around which…
Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Seasonal Predictions of the 2015 El Nino [STUB]
Abstract: We assess the impact of satellite sea surface salinity (SSS) observations on dynamical ENSO forecasts…
Redetection of the Ionospheric H3(+) Signature of Saturn’s “Ring Rain” [STUB]
Abstract: Abstract In April 2011 Saturn's midlatitude ionospheric H3(+) emissions were detected, exhibiting anomalous (nonsolar) H3(+)…