Other spaceflight companies, including Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Sierra Nevada and Jeff Bezos» Blue Origin, are variously developing
new spacecraft designed to carry humans into orbital space as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
Not exact matches
While NASA inches ahead with plans for a
new Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Russians are racing to replace their aging Soyuz fleet with a futuristic manned
spacecraft designed to give Russia the competitive edge in commercial space exploration.
The ESA's
new system is
designed to counter the force of sunlight on a
spacecraft — about the same as the force of gravity on a single human hair.
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
spacecraft is the first of NASA's
new Discovery - class probes, which are intended to show that NASA can operate with cheap and simple
designs.
APL
designed, built and operates the
New Horizons
spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.,
designed, built, and operates the
New Horizons
spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
The plan for the RLV, in which
new technologies will be demonstrated before a full - scale
spacecraft is
designed, will avoid those problems, he says.
New pressure - sensitive paint (PSP) and imaging technology is helping engineers
design more aerodynamic planes and
spacecraft
Doing away with wires could also create
new options for interior
design and reduce weight in airplanes, cars,
spacecraft or any other vehicle that today is laden with heavy power cables.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.,
designed, built, and operates the
New Horizons
spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
NASA added that it is also committed to
designing «a
new and powerful transportation» system involving solar electric propulsion, which will use the sun's energy to take
spacecraft deeper into space.
The adapter connecting the top of the rocket's upper stage to the
spacecraft, for example, is a
new piece that has been meticulously
designed and must be built with equal care.
Before arriving at Goddard,
New Horizons underwent vibration testing at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, which
designed and built the
spacecraft.