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...unctional smart structures – is applying the technology to reusable launch vehicles. Other applications include [[biotechnology]] processes, morphing aircraft *[http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jun/HQ_05_151_NIAC_Awards.html NASA] ...

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.../directorates/spacetech/about_us/index.html|access-date=2020-06-27|website=NASA}}</ref> New technologies originating with or accelerated by space-related e ...lo 17 was followed by several uncrewed interplanetary missions operated by NASA. ...

...SRG''') is a [[radionuclide|radioisotope]] power system first developed at NASA's [[Glenn Research Center]]. It uses a [[Stirling cycle|Stirling]] power co Despite termination of the ASRG flight development contract in 2013, NASA continues a small investment testing by private companies. Flight-ready Sti ...

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...enger-specific efficiency (vehicle efficiency per passenger) for passenger vehicles. ...ances in all areas of vehicle design in recent decades. Fuel efficiency of vehicles can also be improved by careful maintenance and driving habits.<ref>{{Cite ...

[[Image:NASA TRL Meter.png|frame|right|NASA technology readiness levels]] ...on a scale from 1 to 9 with 9 being the most mature technology.<ref name="NASA to EU" /> ...

...nly found on large [[aircraft]] and naval ships as well as some large land vehicles. Aircraft APUs generally produce 115&nbsp;[[Volt|V]] [[AC voltage]] at 400& ...gov/www/K-12/airplane/aturbj.html |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=www.grc.nasa.gov}}</ref> ...

...it is represented as <math>\eta = \eta_c \eta_p</math>,<ref>[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/ch10-3.htm ch10-3<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Most aerospace vehicles are propelled by heat engines of some kind, usually an internal combustion ...

...estigate the safety issues of using hydrogen as a lift gas, especially for vehicles not carrying passengers and being deployed away from populated areas. With ...on]] because it has almost no atmosphere.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html | title=Is There an Atmo ...

...comparison of the initial thrust-to-weight ratio of two or more engines or vehicles, thrust must be measured under controlled conditions. Rockets and rocket-propelled vehicles operate in a wide range of gravitational environments, including the ''weig ...

...ave Air and Space Port]] in [[Mojave, California]]. The fuselage for their vehicles was made by [[Scaled Composites]], at the same airport, while the company d ...rivative of the [[Fastrac (engine)|Fastrac]] engine under development at [[NASA]]'s [[Marshall Space Flight Center]], instead of the company's own unconven ...

....gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/specimp.html|title=Specific Impulse|website=www.grc.nasa.gov}}</ref> ...nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/sfc.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.grc.nasa.gov}}</ref> ...

...-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524003905/http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/drag1.html |archive-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead} ...re forces and streamlined if the drag is dominated by viscous forces. Road vehicles are bluff bodies.<ref>Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering, David Crolla, ...

...n Experimental Satellite|LES]] satellites. By comparison, only a few space vehicles have been launched using full-fledged [[nuclear reactor]]s: the Soviet [[US ...u needed per mission. The idea was proposed to NASA in 2012 for the yearly NASA NSPIRE competition, which translated to Idaho National Laboratory at the Ce ...

...ngineer Joel Steinkraus and systems engineer [[Farah Alibay]] (right) from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory hold a full-scale mockup of [[Mars Cube One]] ...age:Firing Room -2 During Apollo 12 CDDT - GPN-2000-000632.jpg|right|thumb|NASA Launch Control Center Firing Room 2 as it appeared in the Apollo era]] ...

...924/chapter/4|title=Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-duty Vehicles|publisher=The National Academies Press|date=2011|isbn=978-0-309-15607-3|acc ...10 September 2006|access-date=2 May 2007}}</ref> The occupancy of personal vehicles is typically lower than capacity by a considerable degree<ref>{{cite web|ur ...

.../technology/technology-stories/advanced-thermoelectric-technology |website=NASA |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> One of the key advantages of thermoelect ...148301|doi=10.1103/physrevlett.91.148301|pmid=14611561|url=https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/2014/7550/1/03-1478.pdf|bibcode=2003PhRvL..91n8301S}}</ref> ...

...7-13.htm |title=Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945–1959 |publisher=NASA History Division |access-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref> This was followed by the ...xpand [[gas turbine]]s capabilities, in advanced [[turbofan]]s, hypersonic vehicles, and industrial applications.<ref name=AvWeek15May2018>{{cite news |url= ht ...

{{About|all types of electric transportation vehicles|electric automobiles|Electric car}} ...istopher S. Weaver|author3=Michael P. Walsh|title=Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Standards and Technologies for Controlling Emissions|url=https://books.goo ...