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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19810010749: Corrosion of 310 stainless steel in H2-H2O-H2S gas mixtures: Studies at constant temperature and fixed oxygen potential
Topic: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19810010749: Corrosion of 310 stainless steel in H2-H2O-H2S...
Porous cross-linked polyimide networks are provided. The networks comprise an anhydride end-capped polyamic acid oligomer. The oligomer (i) comprises a repeating unit of a dianhydride and a diamine and terminal anhydride groups, (ii) has an average degree of polymerization of 10 to 50, (iii) has been cross-linked via a cross-linking agent, comprising three or more amine groups, at a balanced stoichiometry of the amine groups to the terminal anhydride groups, and (iv) has been chemically...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), THIN FILMS, POLYIMIDES, OLIGOMERS, CROSSLINKING,...
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) study team evaluated surface power needs for a conceptual crewed 500-day Mars mission. This study had four goals: 1. Determine estimated surface power needed to support the reference mission; 2. Explore alternatives to minimize landed power system mass; 3. Explore alternatives to minimize Mars Lander power self-sufficiency burden; and 4. Explore alternatives to minimize power system handling and surface transportation mass. The study team...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MANNED MARS MISSIONS, MARS SURFACE, MISSION PLANNING,...
Due to recently identified vision changes associated with space flight, JSC Space and Clinical Operations (SCO) implemented broad mission-related vision testing starting in 2009. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), 3 Tesla Brain and Orbit MRIs, Optical Biometry were implemented terrestrially for clinical monitoring. While no inflight vision testing was in place, already available onorbit technology was leveraged to facilitate in-flight clinical monitoring, including visual acuity, Amsler grid,...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE MEDICINE, OPHTHALMOLOGY, VISION, EYE EXAMINATIONS,...
Human hands play a significant role during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) missions and Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) training events, as they are needed for translating and performing tasks in the weightless environment. Because of this high frequency usage, hand and arm related injuries are known to occur during EVA and EVA training in the NBL. The primary objectives of this investigation were to: 1) document all known EVA glove related injuries and circumstances of these incidents, 2) determine...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), GLOVES, INJURIES, HAND (ANATOMY), EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY...
The Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) System-Wide Safety and Assurance Technologies (SSAT) Project asked the AvSP Systems and Portfolio Analysis Team to identify SSAT-related trends. SSAT had four technical challenges: advance safety assurance to enable deployment of NextGen systems; automated discovery of precursors to aviation safety incidents; increasing safety of human-automation interaction by incorporating human performance, and prognostic algorithm design for safety assurance. This report...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AIRCRAFT SAFETY, FLIGHT SAFETY, HUMAN PERFORMANCE, HUMAN...
This report on Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps for Human Extraterrestrial Missions summarizes the presentations, deliberations and findings of a workshop at NASA Ames Research Center, March 24-26, 2015, which was attended by more than 100 participants representing a diverse mix of science, engineering, technology, and policy areas. The main objective of the three-day workshop was to identify specific knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to make incremental progress towards the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MARS EXPLORATION, MARS MISSIONS, MISSION PLANNING,...
High ozone concentrations at low altitudes near the surface were detected from airborne Alpha Jet Atmospheric eXperiment (AJAX) measurements on May 30, 2012. We investigate the causes of the elevated ozone concentrations using the airborne measurements and various models. GEOS-chem and WRF-STILT model simulations show that the contribution from local sources is small. From MERRA reanalysis, it is found that high potential vorticity (PV) is observed at low altitudes. This high PV appears to be...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), GAS COMPOSITION, HEAT TRANSFER, VORTICITY, AIR MASSES, OZONE,...
Plant phenology and maximum photosynthetic state determine spatiotemporal variability of gross primary productivity (GPP) of vegetation. Recent warming induced impacts accelerate shifts of phenology and physiological status over Northern vegetated land. Thus, understanding and quantifying these changes are very important. Here, we investigate 1) how vegetation phenology and physiological status (maximum photosynthesis) are evolved over last three decades and 2) how such components (phenology...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), PHENOLOGY, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, NORTHERN...
We tested the hypothesis that the relative water content (RWC) of the sunlit leaves in a plant canopy may be estimated from polarized canopy imagery. Recently (IGARSS, July 27-31, 2015, Milan, Italy), we reported the results of laboratory polarization measurements of single detached leaves during dry down. We found that RWC was linearly related to the ratio of the reflectance of the interior of the leaf and the leaf transmittance. Here we report application of the laboratory results to estimate...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), POLARIZERS, CANOPIES (VEGETATION), PLANTS (BOTANY), REMOTE...
My main project was to determine and implement updates to be made to MODEAR (Mission Operations Data Enterprise Architecture Repository) process definitions to be used for CST-100 (Crew Space Transportation-100) related missions. Emphasis was placed on the scheduling aspect of the processes. In addition, I was to complete other tasks as given. Some of the additional tasks were: to create pass-through command look-up tables for the flight controllers, finish one of the MDT (Mission Operations...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SPACECREWS, SPACE TRANSPORTATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA...
As the Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS) has evolved from a technology concept to a deployed communications network over major US airports, it is now time to contemplate whether the existing capacity of AeroMACS is sufficient to meet the demands set forth by all fixed and mobile applications over the airport surface given the AeroMACS constraints regarding bandwidth and transmit power. The underlying idea in this article is to present IEEE 802.16j-based WiMAX as a...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS, FREQUENCY HOPPING, AUGMENTATION, MOBILE...
With Australia Telescope Compact Array observations, we detect a highly elongated Mpc-scale diffuse radio source on the eastern periphery of the Bullet cluster 1E 0657-55.8, which we argue has the positional, spectral and polarimetric characteristics of a radio relic. This powerful relic (2:30:11025 WHz(exp -1) consists of a bright northern bulb and a faint linear tail. The bulb emits 94% of the observed radio flux and has the highest surface brightness of any known relic. Exactly coincident...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ASTRONOMICAL POLARIMETRY, ELECTRONS, GALACTIC CLUSTERS,...
Coronagraphic imagery of the circumstellar disk around HD 169142 in H-band polarized intensity (PI) with Subaru/HiCIAO is presented. The emission scattered by dust particles at the disk surface in 0.''2=r=1.''2, or 29=r=174 AU, is successfully detected. The azimuthally-averaged radial profile of the PI shows a double power-law distribution, in which the PIs in r = 29-52 AU and r = 81.2-145 AU respectively show r-3-dependence. These two power-law regions are connected smoothly with a transition...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), PROTOPLANETARY DISKS, CORONAGRAPHS, INFRARED STARS, PLANETARY...
On August 3rd and 4th, 2015, a workshop was held at the NASA Ames Research Center, located at the Moffett Federal Airfield in California to explore the aviation communities interest in Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Concepts. The Workshop was sponsored by the AHS International (AHS), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and hosted by the NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI). This second annual...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AIR TRANSPORTATION, CONFERENCES, TECHNOLOGIES, MARKET...
Optical linear polarization? In remote sensing it's due to specular reflection. The first surface that incident light encounters - a smooth water surface or the waxy first surface of a leaf's cuticle, if it's even somewhat smooth (i.e. shiny) - will specularly reflect and linearly polarize the incident light. We provide three examples of the types of ecological information contained in remotely sensed optical linear polarization measurements. Remove the surface reflection to better see the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), OPTICAL POLARIZATION, ECOLOGY, SPECULAR REFLECTION, LINEAR...
No abstract available
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SOUTHEAST ASIA, LAND USE, AGRICULTURE, FORESTS, REMOTE...
This User Guide describes SOSS (Surface Operations Simulator and Scheduler) software build and graphic user interface. SOSS is a desktop application that simulates airport surface operations in fast time using traffic management algorithms. It moves aircraft on the airport surface based on information provided by scheduling algorithm prototypes, monitors separation violation and scheduling conformance, and produces scheduling algorithm performance data.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS (COMPUTERS), AIRFIELD SURFACE...
The Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA Ames Research Center consists of over 50 civil servants and more than 110 contractors, co--ops, post--docs and associates. Researchers in the division are pursuing investigations in a variety of fields including exoplanets, planetary science, astrobiology and astrophysics. In addition, division personnel support a wide variety of NASA missions including (but not limited to) Kepler, SOFIA, LADEE, JWST, and New Horizons. With such a wide...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EXOBIOLOGY, EXTRASOLAR PLANETS, NASA PROGRAMS, ASTROPHYSICS,...
In August 2015, NASA conducted a two-aircraft, coordinated campaign based out of Thule Air Base, Greenland, in support of Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) algorithm development. The survey targeted the Greenland Ice Sheet and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the summer melt season. The survey was conducted with a photon-counting laser altimeter in one aircraft and an imaging spectrometer in the second aircraft. Ultimately, the mission, SIMPL/AVIRIS-NG Greenland 2015,...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ICE, CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE, AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT,...
With the conclusion of the SLICE campaign aboard the ISS in 2012, a large amount of data was made available for the analysis of the effect of microgravity on laminar coflow diffusion flames. Previous work focused on the study of sooty flames in microgravity as well as the ability of numerical models to predict its formation in a simplified buoyancy-free environment. The current work shifts the investigation to soot-free flames, putting an emphasis on the chemiluminescence emission from...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DIFFUSION FLAMES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, LAMINAR FLOW,...
The purpose of this test report is to summarize results from the vibration testing of the INFICON Transpector MPH100M model Mass Spectrometer. It also identifies requirements satisfied, and procedures used in the test. As a payload of Resource Prospector, it is necessary to determine the survivability of the mass spectrometer to proto-qualification level random vibration. Changes in sensitivity of the mass spectrometer can be interpreted as a change in alignment of the instrument. The results...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), VIBRATION TESTS, RANDOM VIBRATION, MASS SPECTROMETERS,...
NASA's Next Generation Satellite Laser Ranging (NGSLR) station is the prototype for NASA's Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) systems which will be deployed around the world in the coming decade. The NGSLR system will be an autonomous, photon-counting SLR station with an expected absolute range accuracy of better than one centimeter and a normal point (time-averaged) range precision better than one millimeter. The system provides continuous (weather permitting), 24 hour tracking coverage to an...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SATELLITE LASER RANGING, SATELLITE GROUND SUPPORT, GROUND...
The persistent monitoring capability provided by acoustic telemetry systems allows us to study behavior, movement, and resource selection of mobile marine animals. Current marine acoustic telemetry systems are challenged by localization errors and limits in the number of animals that can be tracked simultaneously. We designed a new system to provide detection ranges of up to 1 km, to reduce localization errors to less than 1 m, and to increase to 500 the number of unique tags simultaneously...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ACOUSTIC SOUNDING, UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS, AUDIO EQUIPMENT,...
In the search for evidence of life, Icebreaker will drill in to the Martian ice-rich regolith to collect samples, which will then be analyzed by an array of instruments designed to identify biomarkers. In addition, drilling into the subsurface will provide the opportunity to assess the vertical distribution of ice to a depth of 1 meter. The purpose of this particular project was to understand the uncertainties involved in the use of the imaging system to constrain the water ice content in...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MARS SURFACE, REGOLITH, ICE, MOISTURE CONTENT, BIOMARKERS,...
No abstract available
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS, LOW EARTH ORBITS,...
"Are we alone?" is one of the primary questions of astrobiology, and whose answer defines our significance in the universe. Unfortunately, this quest is hindered by the fact that we have only one confirmed example of life, that of earth. While this is enormously helpful in helping to define the minimum envelope for life, it strains credulity to imagine that life, if it arose multiple times, has not taken other routes. To help fill this gap, our lab has begun using synthetic biology -...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EXOBIOLOGY, EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, AMINO ACIDS, ORGANISMS,...
Following the onset of damage caused by an impact load on a composite laminate structure, delaminations often form propagating outwards from the point of impact and in some cases can migrate via matrix cracks between plies as they grow. The goal of the present study is to develop an accurate finite element modeling technique for simulation of the delamination-migration phenomena in laminate impact damage processes. An experiment was devised where, under a quasi-static indentation load, an...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SANDWICH STRUCTURES, DELAMINATING, CARBON FIBER REINFORCED...
With the conclusion of the SLICE campaign aboard the ISS in 2012, a large amount of data was made available for the analysis of the effect of microgravity on laminar coflow diffusion flames. Previous work focused on the study of sooty flames in microgravity as well as the ability of numerical models to predict its formation in a simplified buoyancy-free environment. The current work shifts the investigation to soot-free flames, putting an emphasis on the chemiluminescence emission from...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS, MICROGRAVITY, METHANE, FLAMES,...
A computational assessment of the aerodynamic performance of the midspan section of a variable-speed power-turbine blade is described. The computation comprises a periodic single blade that represents the 2-D Midspan section VSPT blade that was tested in the NASA Glenn Research Center Transonic Turbine Blade Cascade Facility. A commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) software package, Pointwise and CFD++, was used for the grid generation and RANS and URANS computations. The CFD code, which offers...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), TURBINE BLADES, SUPERSONIC TURBINES, APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS...
A gas-fueled burner, the Burning Rate Emulator (BRE), is used to emulate condensed-phase fuel flames. The design has been validated to easily measure the burning behavior of condensed-phase fuels by igniting a controlled stream of gas fuel and diluent. Four properties, including the heat of combustion, the heat of gasification, the surface temperature, and the laminar smoke point, are assumed to be sufficient to define the steady burning rate of a condensed-phase fuel. The heat of gasification...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MICROGRAVITY, BURNERS, FUEL COMBUSTION, BURNING RATE, HEAT...
Occam's razor is often used in science to define the minimum criteria to establish a physical or philosophical idea or relationship. Albert Einstein is attributed the saying "everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler". These heuristic ideas are based on a belief that there is a minimum state or set of states for a given system or phenomena. In looking at system complexity, these heuristics point us to an idea that complexity can be reduced to a minimum. How...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, SIMPLIFICATION, HEURISTIC METHODS,...
No abstract available
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DATA BASES, FLIGHT RULES, PAYLOADS, HAZARDS, CATALOGS...
The objective of this study is the development of a comprehensive radiation model (UMOD) of the Uranian environment for JPL mission planning. The ultimate goal is to provide a description of the high energy electron and proton environments and the magnetic field at Uranus that can be used for engineering design. Currently no model exists at JPL. A preliminary electron radiation model employing Voyager 2 data was developed by Selesnick and Stone in 1991. The JPL Uranian Radiation Model extends...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), URANUS (PLANET), ELECTRON RADIATION, MISSION PLANNING, HIGH...
Independent Earth orientation measurements taken by the space-geodetic techniques of lunar and satellite laser ranging, very long baseline interferometry, and the Global Positioning System have been combined using a Kalman filter. The resulting combined Earth orientation series, SPACE2013, consists of values and uncertainties for Universal Time, polar motion, and their rates that span from September 28, 1976, to June 30, 2014, at daily intervals and is available in versions with epochs given at...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), TIME MEASUREMENT, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, POLAR WANDERING...
Since publication in 1983 by N. Divine and H. Garrett, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's plasma and radiation models have been the design standard for NASA's missions to Jupiter. These models consist of representations of the cold plasma and electrons, the warm and auroral electrons and protons, and the radiation environment (electron, proton, and heavy ions). To date, however, the high-energy proton model has been limited to an L-shell of 12. With the requirement to compute the effects of the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), JUPITER (PLANET), PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES, PLANETARY...
The purpose of this report is to address uncertainties in the plasma models at Jupiter responsible for surface charging and to update the jovian plasma models using the most recent data available. The updated plasma environment models were then used to evaluate two proposed Europa mission designs for spacecraft charging effects using the Nascap-2k code. The original Divine/Garrett jovian plasma model (or "DG1", T. N. Divine and H. B. Garrett, "Charged particle distributions in...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SPACECRAFT CHARGING, COLD PLASMAS, JUPITER (PLANET), MISSION...
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Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SPACE PROGRAMS, ELECTRIC CONNECTORS, FAULT TOLERANCE, SAFETY,...
No abstract available
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), PRESSURE VESSELS, COMPOSITE WRAPPING, PERFORMANCE TESTS,...
Following a Commercial Launch Vehicle On-Pad COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels) failure, a request was received by the NESC (NASA Engineering and Safety Center) June 14, 2014. An assessment was approved July 10, 2014, to develop and assess the capability of scanning eddy current (EC) nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for mapping thickness and inspection for flaws. Current methods could not identify thickness reduction from necking and critical flaw detection was not possible...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SAFETY, EDUCATION, DESIGN ANALYSIS, OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS,...
Radiation from solar particle events (SPEs) poses a serious threat to future manned missions outside of low Earth orbit (LEO). Accurate characterization of the radiation environment in the inner heliosphere and timely monitoring the health risks to crew are essential steps to ensure the safety of future Mars missions. In this project we plan to develop an approach that can use the particle data from multiple satellites and perform near real-time simulations of radiation exposure and health...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SOLAR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION, RISK ASSESSMENT, EXPOSURE, LOW...
No abstract available
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SPACE DEBRIS, COLLISIONS, PROBABILITY THEORY, POSITION...
NASA is planning to launch the next generation of a space based Earth relay in 2025 to join the current Space Network, consisting of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites in space and the corresponding infrastructure on Earth. While the requirements and architecture for that relay satellite are unknown at this time, NASA is investing in communications technologies that could be deployed to provide new communications services. One of those new technologies is optical communications. The Laser...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SPACE COMMUNICATION, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, TDR SATELLITES,...
Accurate quantification of combustor pressure dynamics for the primary purpose of experimental validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes requires the use of robust, reliable and sensitive pressure sensors that can resolve sub--pound-per-square-inch pressure levels in high temperature environments (i.e., combustor). The state of the art microfabricated piezoresistive silicon carbide (SiC) pressure sensors that we have developed are capable of operating reliably at 600 degrees...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DOPING (MATERIALS), REACTIVITY, PLASMA ETCHING, SILICON...
There is a need to derive a power spectral density (PSD) envelope for nonstationary acceleration time histories, including launch vehicle data, so that components can be designed and tested accordingly. This paper presents the results of the three methods for an actual flight accelerometer record. Guidelines are given for the application of each method to nonstationary data. The method can be extended to other scenarios, including transportation vibration.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), FATIGUE LIFE, VIBRATION, SPECTRA, SIGNAL ANALYSIS,...
The NASA propagation terminal has been designed and developed by the Glenn Research Center and is presently deployed at over 5 NASA and partner ground stations worldwide collecting information on the effects of the atmosphere on Ka-band and millimeter wave communications links. This lecture provides an overview of the fundamentals and requirements of the measurement of atmospheric propagation effects and, specifically, the types of hardware and digital signal processing techniques employed by...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), SATELLITE COMMUNICATION, SATELLITE TRANSMISSION,...
Molecular biomarkers are the most direct biosignatures of life on early Earth and a key target in the search for life on Mars. Lipid biomarkers are of particular interest given their ability to survive oxidative degradation and record microbial presence and activity of microorganisms that occurred billions of years ago (Eigenbrode, 2008). Environmental conditions that suspend biotic and abiotic degradative processes prior to lithification can lead to enhanced biomolecular preservation over...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), BIOMARKERS, LIPIDS, ARID LANDS, GEOCHRONOLOGY, HYDROCARBONS,...
Synthetic biology - the design and construction of new biological parts and systems and the redesign of existing ones for useful purposes - has the potential to transform fields from pharmaceuticals to fuels. Our lab has focused on the potential of synthetic biology to revolutionize all three major parts of astrobiology: Where do we come from? Where are we going? and Are we alone? For the first and third, synthetic biology is allowing us to answer whether the evolutionary narrative that has...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EXOBIOLOGY, BIOSYNTHESIS, BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, AMINO ACIDS,...
Human exploration off planet is severely limited by the cost of launching materials into space and re-supply. Thus materials brought from earth must be light, stable and reliable at destination. Using traditional approaches a lunar or Mars base would require either transporting a hefty store of metals or heavy manufacturing equipment and construction materials for in situ extraction; both would severely limit any other mission objectives. Long-term human space presence requires periodic...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CHEMICAL REACTIONS, PRINTING, ADDITIVES, METALS, ADDITIVE...
Variability of the space radiation environment is investigated with regard to parts categorization for total dose hardness assurance methods. It is shown that it can have a significant impact. A modified approach is developed that uses current environment models more consistently and replaces the design margin concept with one of failure probability.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EXTRATERRESTRIAL RADIATION, PROBABILITY THEORY, AEROSPACE...
