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Boeing and NASA Hit Major Milestones for Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle →
Boeing and NASA have completed the system requirements review (SRR) and system definition review (SDR) for the cryogenic stages of Space Launch System (SLS), the super-heavy launch vehicle designed to launch crewed flights into deep space.
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GRC Non-Flow-Through PEM Fuel Cell Wins R&D 100 Award →
The Non-Flow-Through Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell, a more efficient way to produce electricity for long duration missions, was awarded R&D Magazine's "Oscar of Invention" October 13, 2011. Glenn Research Center received two more R&D 100 Awards in 2012.
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NASA Debuts New Fuel Cell at GRC for Rover use on Extraterrestrial Surfaces
NASA demonstrated a new fuel cell technology at Glenn Research Center's Simulated Lunar Operations (SLOPE) facility on Feb. 29 that will increase the distance rovers can travel on extraterrestrial surfaces.
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NASA Tests Deep Space J-2X Rocket Engine at Stennis Space Center →
NASA is testing the J-2X,the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture that will once again carry humans into deep space. (Video from "SPACEREF" of NASA Test of Deep Space J-2X Rocket Engine) showing a 40-second test of the rocket engine at Stennis Space Center.
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Fuel Cell Mobile Lighting System Featured at Final Space Shuttle Launch →
NASA Kennedy Space Center's press site was host to lighting by fuel cell on the eve of the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. The hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system is a clean, quiet and efficient alternative to traditional technologies commonly powered by diesel fueled generators.
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Satellite Cooled Using Solid Hydrogen
NASA’s WISE, which is now surveying the sky using the mid-infrared portion portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, was cooled using hydrogen to a very low temperature before its December 2009 launch. Sixteen months later, the first batch of data was made available to astronomers, including discoveries of comets and other near-Earth objects.
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Microwave Plasma Hydrogen Recovery System →
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a method to efficiently recover hydrogen from natural gas. This innovation can be incorporated into flight hardware systems in support of long-duration exploration objectives.
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Fuel Cell Use in the Space Shuttle
Fuel cells are used in the space shuttles as one component of the electrical power system.
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Gauging Systems Monitor Cryogenic Liquids →
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. partnered with a small business owned by an Hispanic-American group which has developed a liquid-sensing system. The system monitors mass, liquid levels, temperature and pressure for stored liquid helium, hydrogen, nitrogen or oxygen.
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Lighting up the Lunar Night
How do you survive where there's no water or wind and sometimes no sunlight for weeks? The answer could be a fuel cell that works in reverse.