Hypersonic Technology Project Overview
23 Jun
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Hypersonic Technology Project Overview

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NASA Space Technology Vehicles that travel at hypersonic speeds fly faster than five times the speed of sound. NASA studies the fundamental science of hypersonics to understand it better and applies this understanding to enable point-to-point and space access hypersonic vehicles. These vehicles would use airbreathing engines, which utilize oxygen in the atmosphere. In the long term, NASA envisions reusable hypersonic vehicles with efficient engines for routine flight across the globe.Vision: Enable routine, reusable, airbreathing hypersonic flightMission: Advance core capabilities and critical technologies underpinning the mastery of hypersonic flight to support U.S. supremacy in hypersonicsApproach: Conduct fundamental and applied research to enable a broad spectrum of hypersonic systems and missionsIn the coming decade, NASA envisions the development of enabling technologies for a first-generation reusable airbreathing vehicle capable of cruising at hypersonic speeds. This work supports...
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Hypersonics Technical Challenges
23 Jun
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Hypersonics Technical Challenges

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NASA Space Technology Shannon EichornJun 21, 2024Technical Challenges (TCs) are finite-duration research and development endeavors supporting the strategic goals of NASA. The Hypersonic Technology project’s Technical Challenges include estimation of uncertainty for hypersonic research problems and vehicle systems, testing controls for switching engines mid-flight, and researching more efficient fuel combustors for large ramjets, which will be needed by future commercial high-speed planes.This Technical Challenge is complete!TC-1: System-Level Uncertainty Quantification Methodology Development and Validation: NASA developed and validated a system-level uncertainty propagation methodology to guide uncertainty-informed decision making by identifying fundamental research areas that will reduce the system performance uncertainty.TC-2: Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Mode Transition Technology Development: The Combined Cycle Mode Transition challenge demonstrates autonomous control and establishes performance/operability assessment methodologies for future reusable hypersonic propulsion systems that use turbine engines at slow speeds while transitioning...
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NASA has again delayed Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth
23 Jun
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NASA has again delayed Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth

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NASA Space Technology NASACNN — NASA announced Friday night that it is again delaying the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return to Earth from the International Space Station.NASA did not immediately announce a new undocking date, but indicated the return of Starliner’s crew, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, won’t come until July.In a blog post, the federal space agency said the move “allow(s) mission teams time to review propulsion system data.”“Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft remains cleared for return in case of an emergency on the space station that required the crew to leave orbit and come back to Earth,” the post said in a sign that the spacecraft is still considered viable. Back to top button
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