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The ability to image in harsh environments such as Venus is of interest and use including for missions to the surface of Venus. Today overwhelmingly almost all video cameras are based on silicon charge coupled devices (CCDs); however CCDs are not suited for and not capable of functioning at high/extreme temperature environments such as surface and atmosphere of Venus. Vidicons and other types of i ...

This proposal addresses NASArsquo;s 2021 solicitation Focus Area 6: Life Support and Habitation Systems, Topic Number H3.05 Additive Manufacturing for Adsorbent Bed Fabrication. Current and future human space exploration missions require an optimized air revitalization system (ARS) that can reduce the system mass, volume, and power, and increase reliability.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The ARS systems contains ...

With the Artemis program, NASA is returning to manned space flight and plans to send humans to the Moon and Mars in the decades to come. New space vehicles and systems are being developed and tested, and a significant percentage of the structures in these spacecraft will be composite materials. Composites offer high stiffness- and strength-to-weight ratios, but they also exhibit complex damage mod ...

The objective is to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of an S-band communication radio capable of operation at extreme high temperatures and pressures in hostile and corrosive environments. Based on our recent R/Ramp;D success of a 2.385 GHz power amplifier stripline-based microwave integrated circuit (MIC) employing 500C capable SSVDTM, for this Phase I SBIR, we will further address the 500 ...

Lindash;S/Li-O2 batteries have great potential to meet energy storage requirements for Electrified Aircraft propulsion applications. However, due to the need for oxygen storage and supply systems, the complicit balance of plant significantly decreases both the gravimetric and volumetric energy density of Li-O2 battery systems. For the Li-S battery, however, the main obstacle ndash; ldquo;rapid cap ...

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The proposed technology intends to improve the future air vehicles#39; situational awareness by providing a novel 3D perception capability targeting the critical for the AAM applications gap between currently available short-range automotive LiDAR and long-range radars with the limited transversal and temporal resolution, especially for the obstacle-rich urban environment. It will provide high-con ...

Tailorable composites have been proposed to further lightweighting space structures with improved performance. However, no existing design tools are capable of exploiting the full potential of these advanced material systems. The theory underpinning existing design tools was originally developed for traditional composites with straight fibers while tailorable composites usually have curved fibers ...

NASA is developing new vehicles for human space flight. Many of these spacecraft are targeted for long-term use, which offers challenges for inspection and maintenance. In orbit or on the Moon or Mars, the use of traditional NDE is prohibitive because of location and inaccessibility, and infrequent inspection can lead to conservative, high-weight designs. NASA is seeking technologies to facilitate ...

The ability to image in harsh environments such as Venus is of interest and use including for missions to the surface of Venus. Today overwhelmingly almost all video cameras are based on silicon charge coupled devices (CCDs); however CCDs are not suited for and not capable of functioning at high/extreme temperature environments such as surface and atmosphere of Venus. Vidicons and similar types of ...