Aerospace
epub |eng | 2014-05-19 | Author:Smithsonian Institution [Institution, Smithsonian]

Q: The filming of what World War I aviation movie resulted in the death of several stunt pilots? A: Hell’s Angels. This 1930 American film by director Howard Hughes centers ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 25,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-01 | Author:Ruth Ann Ingraham

( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 23,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-03-14 | Author:Adrian P. Mouritz [Mouritz, Adrian P.]

14.2 Fibre reinforcements for composites 14.2.1 Carbon fibres: production, structure and properties Carbon (graphite) fibres are very stiff, strong and light filaments used in polymer (usually epoxy) matrix composites for ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 22,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Bahman Zohuri

During a system demonstration by Hensoldt at the exhibit, company engineers convened around a large TwInvis screen showing the track of a Eurofighter performing a thundering aerial show nearby. But ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-07 | Author:Sutton, George P.,Biblarz, Oscar & Oscar Biblarz [Sutton, George P. & Biblarz, Oscar]

Figure 10–2 Exploded view of an advanced high‐speed, two‐stage experimental liquid hydrogen fuel pump driven by a radial flow turbine. Used with permission of Aerojet Rocketdyne. Adapted from Ref. 10–7. ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mark French

(4.53) Figure 4.40 shows this function in 3D. The minimum occurs at x = −1.238, y = −1.238. Fig. 4.40Test function for evolutionary algorithm example Figure 4.41 shows a contour ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Allan J. Volponi

which provides our correction, i.e. (4.41) 4.8 Correction of Fuel Air Ratio (FAR) Rate of Change By definition , we have (4.42) By axiom 3, we must have the same ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ram S. Jakhu, Joseph N. Pelton & Yaw Otu Mankata Nyampong

ESA’s Deep Space Missions: Giotto, Rosetta, and PLATO Europe’s first deep space mission, Giotto, was launched in July 1985 to study Comet P/Halley. In addition to visiting its target comet, ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-12 | Author:james e. david

( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Warmflash

1945 OPERATION OVERCAST In 1945, the US began Operation Overcast to locate German technical specialists in various fields. Authorized by President Harry Truman (1884–1972) and later renamed Operation Paperclip, the ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Colin Burgess

“Go” for a Third Orbit At this point Hawaii faded from contact, and the next station on his track was Point Arguello, California, manned by CapCom Alan Shepard who, after ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 18,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2000-07-14 | Author:Gerard K. O'Neill [O'Neill, Gerard K.]

Power satellites in twenty-four-hour orbit stay in constant sunshine above fixed point on Earth. The space-manufacturing site will be some distance from geosynchronous orbit. The costs of transport in space, ...
( Category: Industrial Design March 17,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:John M. Logsdon

Linking space achievements to his concept of American exceptionalism, Reagan suggested that “by accepting the challenge of space we’ll carry forward the same courage and indomitable spirit that made us ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Colin Burgess

Communications then became very garbled as Sigma 7 flew out of the range of the Zanzibar tracking zone. During the few minutes before he flew into range of the next ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Carroll

( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 11,2020 )