Abstract: Water is a human-exploitable resource. Lunar Flashlight is a Cubesat mission to detect and map…
Author: New NASA STI
The Onset of the Cataclysm: In Situ Dating of a Nearside Basin Impact-Melt Sheet Or, There and Not Back Again
Abstract: Impact-melt samples from Apollo Luna are 3.85-4.1 Ga, tied to Imbrium, Serenitatis, Crisium, Nectaris, plus…
Payload Performance of TDRS KL and Future Services
Abstract: NASA has accepted two of the 3nd generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, TDRS K,…
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Experiment Program
Abstract: This paper elaborates on the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) Experiment Program, which will engage…
Data Assimilation to Extract Soil Moisture Information From SMAP Observations
Abstract: Statistical techniques permit the retrieval of soil moisture estimates in a model climatology while retaining…
Production of Peroxy Nitrates in Boreal Biomass Burning Plumes over Canada During the BORTAS Campaign
Abstract: The observations collected during the BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using…
Development Specification for the Feedwater Supply Assembly (FSA), FSA-431 with Integrated Auxiliary Feedwater Supply Assembly (AFSA), FSA-531
Abstract: The FSA with Integrated Aux FSA Specification establishes the requirements for design, performance, and testing…
Key Gaps for Enabling Plant Growth in Future Missions
Abstract: Growing plants to provide food or psychological benefits to crewmembers is a common vision for…
EVA Suit Studies: Human Forward Contamination Project
Abstract: Background: NASA Strategic Knowledge Gap B5: Forward Contamination for Mars. Issue: we have knowledge gaps!:…