Single Photon HgCdTe Avalanche Photodiode and Integrated Detector Cooler Assemblies for Space Lidar Applications

Abstract: A linear mode photon counting HgCdTe avalanche photodiode (APD) focal plane array (FPA) detector was…

Turbulent Transport in the Gray Zone: A Large Eddy Model Intercomparison Study of the CONSTRAIN Cold Air Outbreak Case

Abstract: To quantify the turbulent transport at gray zone length scales between 1 and 10 km…

Road Vehicle Functional Safety in Ground-Level Radiation Environments

Abstract: This presentation gives an overview of the natural space radiation environment, the ground-level radiation environment,…

Radiation Stability Evaluation of Protein-Based Nanopores for Mars and Europa Missions

Abstract: Exploration of our Solar System has revealed a number of locations that are now habitable…

NASA’s Work in Exoplanet Hunting Satellites and Robotic Servicing of Satellites

Abstract: An overview of three missions connected with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at the present…

Biocene 2018 – Welcome to the Period of New Life

Abstract: Biocene is the period of new life. When our descendants look back at this period…

Bend-Test Results of the MISSE 7 Flexural Stress Effects Experiment After 1.5 Years of Space Exposure

Abstract: Low Earth orbital environmental exposure can cause degradation of exterior spacecraft materials. Radiation and thermal…

An Abrupt Transition to an Intergranular Failure Mode in the Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth Regime in Ni-Based Superalloys

Abstract: Cyclic near-threshold fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior of two disk superalloys was evaluated and was…

Exploration and Science of the Moon

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ISRU Soil Water Extraction: Thermal Challenges

Abstract: Water extraction from regolith requires significant energy input; heating efficiency is key to system power…