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Off Planet Research (OPR) will develop a cover for the Service and Cooling Connector (SCC) on the xEMU that will protect the SCC from dust intrusion while operating on the lunar surface.nbsp; The cover will exclude dust from the entire surface of the SCC, be lightweight, and have high reliability due to the low number of components. The cover will be easy to attach and remove, free from catching d ...

During Phase II,nbsp;USNC-Tech will procure, assemble, calibrate, and demonstrate a system capable of the mechanical evaluation of NTP materials in ultrahigh-temperature vacuum and prototypical atmospheric conditions. This effort will produce the first in-situ mechanical testing system that simultaneously combines ultrahigh-temperature testing, hydrogen, and material property data collection.nbsp; ...

Qualtech Systems, Inc. (QSI) in collaboration with Dr. Stephen B. Johnson of Dependable Systems Technologies (DST) proposesnbsp;a novel, causal-model based systematic methodology for assessing damage propagation due to one or multiple originating faults and how the propagation affects and damages other components. In fault propagation, downstream components from the root-cause fault which rely on ...

A multi-application solution for excluding dust in planetary regolith must be developed if landed technology is going to operate for an acceptable amount of time.nbsp; A range of dust management amp; mitigation innovations must be used for operations on dusty planetary surfaces.nbsp; This is especially true in dynamic regolith environments like rovers, ISRU plants, excavation, amp; EVAs where mult ...

A major step in fulfilling NASArsquo;s technology needs to increase system autonomy and resilience is to connect fault management (FM)/System Health Management (SHM) to systems engineering (SE) and operations. There are recent trends to improve SE through the use of models to create model-based SE (MBSE) and connect FM to SE and operations. One such approach for performing a rigorous SE is the Goa ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes a combined next generation regenerable desiccant and an effective water recovery system (based on a restively heated desiccant support) for water management in Reversible Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Cells.For increased space exploration payloads, PEM cell designs that efficiently operate at high pressure with pure oxygen and hydrogen are being developed ...

Recently realized radiation-hardened Gallium Oxide (Ga2O3) Metalndash;Oxidendash;Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor, (MOSFETs) offers the opportunity to increase efficiency and power density of space DC-DC power converters. The state of the art for space DC-DC power conversion trails its commercial counterparts in terms of power density and efficiency. One challenge that arises when designing f ...

This proposal responds to the need for new technologies to effectively manage and streamline complex fault management (FM) systems, enable rapid diagnostic model generation and validation, and provide tools to perform FM analyses and trades e.g., fault containment regions (FCRs), redundancy management, and sensor placement. Okean Solutions proposes to significantly improve FMnbsp;system modeling a ...

Detect And Avoid (DAA) is an essential capability for autonomous and semi-autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft operating Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS) within the National Airspace System (NAS).The capability presented in this proposal will overcome the following barriers to entry: cognition and multi-objective decision making, cost-effective, resilient, ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI), in collaboration with a Research Institution, proposes to further mature a new fuel cell design utilizing a solid electrolyte technology that will meet NASArsquo;s target specifications of (i) cycling through very low temperatures (lt;150K) to survive storage during lunar night or cis-lunar travel; (ii) recovery of gt;98% of its mechanical, electrical, and chemica ...