The external tank’s distinctive orange color, an iconic feature of the Space Shuttle program, comes from its spray-on foam insulation. The first two tanks, used for STS-1 and STS-2, were originally painted white to shield them from ultraviolet light during the shuttle’s extended time on ...
these fuel cell systems will provide NASA with flight capability missing since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fuel cell. It can become an important electrical power option for NASA and commercial spaceflight customers to meet
NASA says that the leaky valve could lead to an explosive concentration of hydrogen in the shuttle during its flight. ‘We won’t fly until we understand it and have it (the faulty valve) fixed and tested,’ said William Lenoir, the director of space flights for NASA. None of the other...
The space shuttle Discovery's External Tank-128 rolls out of the Test and Checkout Building at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans en route to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the STS-124 mission. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin.) A five-daydelay in the arrival of a ...
UTC Power delivers last fuel cell for ShuttleConnecticut-based UTC Power and Hamilton Sundstrand have shipped the last Space Shuttle Orbiter alkaline fuel cell power plant to United Space Alliance, NASA's prime Shuttle contractor.doi:10.1016/s1464-2859(10)70148-6None...
After an intensive search for an engineer crazy enough to plan and build a revolutionary new engine type, researchers turned to renowned engineer Eumon Kerman, one of the top minds in the industry. He failed miserably at the job, and this is what we ended up with. Hey, at least it work...
of fuel compared tomany other fuels.Disadvantage: Dificult to find an effective means of storingthe gas/hydrogen is extremely flammable andexplosive/expensive electrode(The question showed that the fuel cell was for use in aspace shuttle. Difficulty in transporting the cell is not adisadvantage.) ...
It also has been used since mid-1960 by NASA in the Apollo and space shuttle programs. The fuel cells on board these spacecrafts provide electrical power for an-bard systems, as well as drinking water [68]. 5.6.3. PAFC More than 265 of these “first generation” power units were placed...
[28] Fuel cell stacks were still limited principally to space applications in the 1980s, including the Space Shuttle.[28] However, the closure of the Apollo Program sent many industry experts to private companies. By the 1990s, automobile manufacturers were interested in fuel cell applications, ...
Warp drive produced a quantum jump in the exploration of space for humans, multiplying the stars accessible many hundreds of times over what was possible with even the most sophisticated sublight spaceships. Unmanned stellar probes of a generation before had discovered the surprising presence of large...