Stirling Technology Company developed the components for its BeCOOL line of Cryocoolers with the help of a series of NASA SBIRs, through Goddard Space Flight Center and Marshall Space Flight Center. Features include a hermetically sealed design, compact size, and silent operation. The company has...

A laser ignition/ablation propulsion system that captures the advantages of both liquid and solid propulsion. A reel system is used to move a propellant tape containing a plurality of propellant material targets through an ignition chamber. When a propellant target is in the ignition chamber, a...

A fluid flow tool includes an airfoil structure and a support arm. The airfoil structure's high-pressure side and low-pressure side are positioned in a conduit by the support arm coupled to the conduit. The high-pressure and low-pressure sides substantially face opposing walls of the conduit. At...

AprilNav uses printable 2D fiduciary markers, a HD camera, and software running on a single board computer (SBC) to create a scalable, and accurate system for vehicular autonomous navigation and localization.

This software creates complex finite element models of large-format, lightweight mirrors for complete input decks. Before, building these models could take engineers weeks or even months to complete a single iteration. Now the modeler tool can do the same task in minutes. The software creates many...

A method and system are provided for propelling an aerodynamic vehicle into space. The aerodynamic vehicle uses a nuclear-based thermal rocket (NTR) propulsion system capable of producing a hydrogen exhaust. A flow of air is introduced into the hydrogen exhaust to augment the thrust force at speeds...

The Audit Tracking Information System (ATIS) provides the audit manager and team with the tools/information needed to perform, manage, and close an audit. All affected personnel have centralized, timely access to system tools and data. The process is automated to the maximum extent practical,...

This NASA software offers the ability to directly trace the real-time execution of software to specific requirements, a unique capability that can only be performed with a Timeliner-TLX system, as no other computer languages directly report this data during execution. The tracing feature does not...

AutoPost can process any configuration of test data as needed. The tool can combine a series of data parameters into a single parameter.

A rocket engine assembly is provided for a vertically launched rocket vehicle. A rocket engine housing of the assembly includes two or more combustion chambers each including an outlet end defining a sonic throat area. A propellant supply for the combustion chambers includes a throttling injector,...