This paper presents the results of a ten-week student led effort to build and test subscale models demonstrating and validating key capabilities for a space transportation system concept developed over the past 5 years at NASA Langley. This reusable concept, known as the Hercules Transportation System (HTS), is designed to support cislunar, lunar surface, and Mars surface missions or campaigns and offers unique operational capabilities. Until recently, much of the work on Hercules has been conceptual and has not been tested or validated by physical models. Our team, the 2019 NASA Academy at Langley Research Center, investigated and demonstrated the feasibility of the conceptual design by developing two unique scaled models. The goal of the first model was to collect six-component experimental wind tunnel data to validate theoretical predictions and inform future design iterations. Test results provided valuable insights on control surface effectiveness and static stability. The second model was designed to demonstrate the operational flexibility of Hercules by consistently executing vertical takeoff, horizontal translation, and landing. This paper describes the development and testing of both models.


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    Titel :

    Subscale Demonstration and Validation of the Hercules Ascent, Descent, and Entry Vehicle


    Beteiligte:
    Eytan Adler (Autor:in) / Ethan Howell (Autor:in) / Thomas McClure (Autor:in) / James Nichols (Autor:in) / Timothy Aiken (Autor:in) / Nicholas Bartel (Autor:in) / Cameron Byrd (Autor:in) / Rayna Weibrecht (Autor:in) / Mingping Zheng (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition ; 2020 ; Orlando, FL, US



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    06.01.2020




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







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