Download or read book Taming Liquid Hydrogen written by Virginia Parker Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taming Liquid Hydrogen The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958 2002 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASA SP-2004-4230. NASA History Series. Chronicles the story of the Centaur, the world's first liquid-hydrogen rocket. Focuses on technical and political hurdles that Centaur faced over the three decades that it was managed by NASA Lewis Research Center. Explores NASA's effort to modify Centaur for launch from the Shuttle's cargo bay, a controversial project canceled in the wake of the Challenger accident.
Download or read book Centaur Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Space Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Centaur Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atlas Centaur 7 written by Nasa Staff and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of reprints of National Aeronautics Air and Space Administration (NASA) publications relating to the launch vehicle Atlas-Centaur 7 and its payload, Surveyor 2. It includes the Flight Report for Atlas-Centaur 7 (AC-7) and the prelaunch Press Kit for Surveyor II. Atlas-Centaur 7 is the 7th volume of the series "America's Finest Rockets" (TM). Each volume focuses on a specific rocket and its payload, and reprints volumes of information about both.
Download or read book Taming Liquid Hydrogen written by National Aeronautics Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During its maiden voyage in May 1962, a Centaur upper stage rocket, mated to an Atlas booster, exploded 54 seconds after launch, engulfing the rocket in a huge fireball. Investigation revealed that Centaur's light, stainless-steel tank had split open, spilling its liquid-hydrogen fuel down its sides, where the flame of the rocket exhaust immediately ignited it. Coming less than a year after President Kennedy had made landing human beings on the Moon a national priority, the loss of Centaur was regarded as a serious setback for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). During the failure investigation, Homer Newell, Director of Space Sciences, ruefully declared: "Taming liquid hydrogen to the point where expensive operational space missions can be committed to it has turned out to be more difficult than anyone supposed at the outset." .After this failure, Centaur critics, led by Wernher von Braun, mounted a campaign to cancel the program. In addition to the unknowns associated with liquid hydrogen, he objected to the unusual design of Centaur. Like the Atlas rocket, Centaur depended on pressure to keep its paper thin, stainless-steel shell from collapsing. It was literally inflated with its propellants like a football or balloon and needed no internal structure to give it added strength and stability. The so-called "pressure-stabilized structure" of Centaur, coupled with the light weight of its high-energy cryogenic propellants, made Centaur lighter and more powerful than upper stages that used conventional fuel. But, the critics argued, it would never become the reliable rocket that the United States needed. Others, especially military proponents of Centaur, believed that accepting the challenge of developing liquid-hydrogen technology was an important risk to take. Despite criticism and early technical failures, the taming of liquid hydrogen proved to be one of NASA's most significant technical accomplishments. Centaur not only succeeded in demonstrating the feasibility of liquid hydrogen as a rocket fuel, but it also went on to a brilliant career as an upper stage for a series of spectacular planetary missions in the 1970s. Ironically, this success did little to ensure the future of the Centaur rocket. Once the Shuttle became operational in the early 1980s, all expendable launch vehicles like Centaur were slated for termination. Centaur advocates fought to keep the program alive.
Download or read book Taming Liquid Hydrogen written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atlas centaur written by Staff of Lewis Research Center and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, originally published in 1970, discusses the flight performance of the AC-16 launch vehicle from lift-off through the Centaur retromaneuver after spacecraft separation. The Atlas-Centaur AC-16 vehicle successfully launched the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO-II into a nearly circular Earth orbit at an altitude of 772 km using a direct (single burn) mode of ascent. Illustrated.
Download or read book First Moon Mission of United Launch Alliance s Vulcan Centaur Rocket written by Alec Whitman-Adams and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Moon Mission of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur Rocket Vulcan Centaur is the most powerful rocket built by United Launch Alliance (ULA), representing the cutting edge of US launch vehicle technology. In this gripping tale, we journey behind the scenes to witness the Herculean effort to develop this advanced rocket against all odds. Beginning with an overview of Vulcan's ambitious capabilities, the book delves into ULA's urgent drive to replace Russian-made engines in their rockets amidst rising geopolitical tensions-a vulnerability SpaceX exploited as they raced to dominate market share. Outmatched, ULA fought back by forging ahead with plans to build Vulcan, blending Atlas V and Delta IV innovations using new American-made engines. Vivid accounts reveal Vulcan rising from the factory floor-rollouts, testing tankage integrity, meeting fiery milestones during critical hot-fire operations, resolutely marching towards do-or-die inaugural launch day. We watch along with bated breath as the pressure mounts, setbacks threaten years of delay, leaders face gut-check decisions that could make or break the company. Finally the countdown for inaugural flight hits zero and Vulcan roars to life, achieving orbit in commanding fashion before our eyes. ULA's big gamble pays off, opening the door not only for critical national security missions, but also new frontiers in human space exploration for decades to come. Vulcan now ascends towards the heavens, carrying on its broad shoulders America's spacefaring ambitions. This intense drama provides unprecedented perspective on the world rarely witnessed outside rocket factories and mission control. For anyone interested in understanding the immense challenges of technological leapfrogging in the modern space industry, this book is essential reading.
Download or read book Review of Recent Launch Failures written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on NASA Oversight and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atlas Centaur 17 written by Eugene E. Coffey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlas-Centaur 17 put the ATS IV satellite in a low earth orbit but, due to the failure of the Centaur stage to refire, its orbit was suboptimal. This publication compiles several articles regarding Atlas-Centaur 17. "Atlas-Centaur 17" is the second volume of America's Finest Rockets (TM). Each volume compiles articles and photos of a specific U.S. rocket. "Atlas-Centaur 17" includes a NASA postflight analysis (146 pages) and a prelaunch press release (9 pages).
Download or read book Countdown written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nasa Space Launch Vehicles written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Atlas (rocket family), Centaur (rocket stage), Douglas SASSTO, Little Joe (rocket), Little Joe II, Lockheed Star Clipper, Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, Mighty Eagle, Nike-Apache, Nova (rocket), Project Morpheus, Scout (rocket family), Sea Dragon (rocket), Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle, Space Launch System, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle orbiter, Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, Titan II GLV. Excerpt: The Space Shuttle was a crewed, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Its official program name was Space Transportation System, taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item to be funded for development. The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. It was used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, all launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Major missions included launching numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), conducting space science experiments, and constructing and servicing the International Space Station. Major components included the orbiters, recoverable boosters, external tanks, payloads, and supporting infrastructure. Five space-worthy orbiters were bui
Download or read book Investigation of Atlas Solid Fuel Retarding Rocket During Atlas centaur Separation Tests written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of the Atlas Centaur separation tests in the Lewis Space Power Chamber recurrent failures were experienced in the firings of the Atlas retarding rockets. In an effort to evaluate the suitability of these rockets for flight use, an investigation into the primary cause for the misfires was instituted and an evaluation of the performance of the rockets was made. The primary cause of the failures of the rocket to ignite was inconsistent igniter functioning and a too short igniter burning period.
Download or read book Compass Final Report written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radioisotope Electric Propulsion (REP) has been shown in past studies to enable missions to outer planetary bodies including the orbiting of Centaur asteroids. Key to the feasibility for REP missions are long life, low power electric propulsion (EP) devices, low mass Radioisotope Power System (RPS) and light spacecraft (S/C) components. In order to determine the key parameters for EP devices to perform these REP missions a design study was completed to design an REP S/C to orbit a Centaur in a New Frontiers (NF) cost cap. The design shows that an orbiter using several long lived (approx.200 kg xenon (Xe) throughput), low power (approx.700 W) Hall thrusters teamed with six (150 W each) Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRG) can deliver 60 kg of science instruments to a Centaur in 10 yr within the NF cost cap. Optimal specific impulses (Isp) for the Hall thrusters were found to be around 2000 s with thruster efficiencies over 40 percent. Not only can the REP S/C enable orbiting a Centaur (when compared to an all chemical mission only capable of flybys) but the additional power from the REP system can be used to enhance science and simplify communications. The mission design detailed in this report is a Radioisotope Power System (RPS) powered EP science orbiter to the Centaur Thereus with arrival 10 yr after launch, ending in a 1 yr science mapping mission. Along the trajectory, approximately 1.5 yr into the mission, the REP S/C does a flyby of the Trojan asteroid Tlepolemus. The total (Delta)V of the trajectory is 8.9 km/s. The REP S/C is delivered to orbit on an Atlas 551 class launch vehicle with a Star 48 B solid rocket stage Oleson, Steven R. and McGuire, Melissa L. Glenn Research Center CENTAUR LAUNCH VEHICLE; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; HALL THRUSTERS; TRAJECTORIES; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; ASTEROIDS; ATLAS LAUNCH VEHICLES; FLYBY MISSIONS; TROJAN ASTEROIDS; MASS; PLANETS; XENON
Download or read book Atlas Centaur 9 written by Aeronautics Administration and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlas-Centaur 9 is a compilation of reprinted documents and photographs that, taken together, tell the story of Atlas-Centaur 9 and its payload, a mass model of the Surveyor lunar landing spacecraft. AC-9 was the last test flight of Atlas-Centaur. Following the successful two burn mission, the rocket was declared operational for both 1-burn (direct ascent) and 2-burn (parking orbit) flight plans for delivering Surveyor to the surface of the Moon. Atlas-Centaur 9 is Volume 11 of the America's Finest Rockets (TM) series. Each volume compiles articles about and photos of a specific U.S. rocket, its payload and its mission.
Download or read book Rockets written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of rockets and rocketry that explains related scientific concepts and provides brief biographies of important individuals.
