The results of the first two of a series of research rocket flights are presented. The objectives of these flights were: (1) to learn about the capabilities of these rockets, (2) to learn how to interface the payloads and rockets, and (3) to process some of the composite casting demonstration capsules intended originally for Apollo 15. The capsules contained experiments for investigating the stability of gas bubbles in plain and fiber-reinforced metal melted and solidified in a near-zero-g (0.0119g) environment. The characteristics of the two research rockets, an Aerobee 170A and a Black Brant VC, used to obtain the periods of near-zero-g and the temperature control unit used for processing the contents of the two experiment capsules are discussed. Flight data for the Aerobee 170A NASA 13.113 are presented and analyzed. (Author)
Research Rocket Tests RR-1 (Black Brant VC) and RR-2 (Aerobee 170A) Investigations of the Stability of Bubbles in Plain and Fiber-Reinforced Metal Melted and Solidified in a Near-Zero-G Environment
1972
66 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Cameras on Black Brant II rocket
Engineering Index Backfile | 1968
|Aerobee 350 Rocket Instrumentation
NTIS | 1968
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