GRC Space Flight Systems Activities

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Technical Highlights, Milestones and Accomplishments

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•		10.07 – Lunar Surface Topographical and Illumination Analyses Performed at GRC Tools have been developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) to analyze lunar digital elevation models (DEMs) to enable the characterization of lunar polar illumination for power and thermal system design. + View article

•		01.06 – Platelet Liner Technology Improves NASA's Rocket Engine Innovative platelet liner technology is vital to NASA because it significantly increases engine performance and increases safety in both reusable and expendable launch vehicles. + View article

•		11.05 – Glenn's Unique Emulation Technology Brings NASA Closer to the Moon In order to test space networking software, Glenn has developed an emulation environment to save both time and money. + View article

•		10.05 – NASA's Water Balloon Experiments Make Quite a Splash Live video footage from the experiments has been posted on Glenn's web page for many years and has generated much interest in NASA's microgravity and fluid physics research. + View article

•		10.05 – New Tools Developed for Bio-Science Experiments on the ISS Confocal imaging technology will improve scientists' understanding of the effects of osteoporosis as it occurs in astronauts and people living on Earth. + View article

•		09.05 – Glenn Ships High Fidelity ISS Flight Training Hardware to Johnson Glenn is setting the standard for high fidelity, long duration flight trainers. They are the best that Johnson has right now, and they can't wait to use them. + View article

•		09.05 – High Power Space TWT Successfully Demonstrates Record Power Levels The high power TWT was tested at 180 watts, which is 18 times more powerful than the state-of-the-art TWT. It also demonstrated a 50% increase in power efficiency and 100% more data bandwidth + View article

•		09.05 – Treadmill With Unique Virtual Reality System Promises Numerous Health Benefits The dual track treadmill is enhanced by Glenn's virtual reality system, which creates a visual environment to directly correspond to the movement of the machine. + View article

•		09.05 – NASA's eZLS Treadmill Promotes Astronaut Fitness The eZLS treadmill simulates a microgravity environment to develop exercise countermeasures to reduce bone/muscle mass loss in astronauts. + View article

•		09.05 – Glenn's Leak Sensors Promote Safety in Space and on Earth In spring 2005, the project achieved a major accomplishment by successfully integrating the wireless antenna into the postage stamp-sized board unit as well as further decreasing the size and power consumption of the system. + View article

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