In addition to its scientific and life sciences experimental programs, NASA conducts flight experiments directed at development of space systems technologies. The experiments are conducted to obtain research data, to evaluate the performance or operation of experimental hardware in the space environment, or to validate components, subsystems, or systems prior to application in future spacecraft or missions. The requirements for specific technology experiments, and the priority assigned to them, vary significantly depending on the maturity of the technology. Some of the flight experiments address technologies still in the early research stage, while others are conducted to validate technology at relatively advanced levels of maturity. This paper discusses the overall technology flight experiments program and reports in some detail on four current or recently flown experiments ranging from research to technology validation at the system prototype level.


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    Title :

    NASA Technology Flight Experiments Program


    Contributors:
    S. L. Pruscha (author) / J. Levine (author) / S. C. Russo (author)

    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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