NASA is developing the X-38 vehicle that will demonstrate the technologies required for a potential crew return vehicle for the International Space Station. This vehicle would serve both as an ambulance for medical emergencies and as an evacuation vehicle for the space station. Control surfaces on the X-38 (body flaps and rudder/fin assemblies) require high temperature seals to limit hot gas ingestion and the transfer of heat to underlying low temperature structures. Working with the NASA Johnson Space Center, the Seals Team at the NASA Glenn Research Center completed a series of tests to further characterize baseline seal designs for the rudder/fin interfaces of the X-38. The structures of the rudder/fin assembly and its associated seals are shown in the the preceding illustration.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Rudder/Fin Seals Investigated for the X-38 Re-Entry Vehicle


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Control Surface Seals Investigated for Re- Entry Vehicles

    P. H. Dunlap / B. M. Steinetz | NTIS | 2003


    Control Surface Seals Investigated for Re- Entry Vehicles

    Dunlap, Patrick H. / Steinetz, Bruce M. | NTRS | 2003



    Rudder/fin seal investigations for the X-38 re-entry vehicle

    Dunlap, Jr., Patrick / Steinetz, Bruce / Curry, Donald | AIAA | 2000


    Rudder/Fin Seal Investigations for the X-38 Re-Entry Vehicle

    Dunlap, P. H. / Steinetz, B. M. / Curry, D. M. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000