main propulsion test article
1MAIN — La main, organe de préhension et récepteur sensitif important, est l’apanage des Primates et de l’homme. En vérité, la main humaine possède une signification particulière, car elle se trouve à l’extrémité du membre supérieur qui est libéré des… …
2Propulsion MHD — Accélérateur MHD Un accélérateur MHD (magnétohydrodynamique) est un convertisseur MHD qui met en mouvement un fluide conducteur, grâce à un champ électrique et un champ magnétique combinés. Le principe de base est le même que celui d un moteur… …
3Propulsion magnétohydrodynamique — Accélérateur MHD Un accélérateur MHD (magnétohydrodynamique) est un convertisseur MHD qui met en mouvement un fluide conducteur, grâce à un champ électrique et un champ magnétique combinés. Le principe de base est le même que celui d un moteur… …
4Space Shuttle main engine — SSME redirect here. For the services field, see Service Science, Management and Engineering infobox rocket engine imsize=250 caption=Space Shuttle Main Engine test firing name=Space Shuttle Main Engine country of origin=United States manufacturer …
5MPTA — Main Propulsion Test Article (no longer used as of 10/8/2008 – see ISTA) Contributor: MSFC …
6Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …
7Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) — An artist s conception of the NASA reference design for the Project Orion spacecraft powered by nuclear propulsion. Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the… …
8MPTA-098 — The Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA 098) was built by Rockwell International as a testbed for the definitive propulsion and fuel delivery systems for the U.S. Space Shuttle Program. DescriptionNever intended for actual spaceflight, the MPTA… …
9Nuclear pulse propulsion — An artist s conception of the Project Orion basic spacecraft, powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Nuclear pulse propulsion (or External Pulsed Plasma Propulsion, as it is termed in one recent NASA document[1]) is a proposed method of spacecraft… …
10Orbiter Vehicle Designation — Each NASA space shuttle designation is composed of a prefix and suffix separated by a dash. The prefix for operational shuttles is OV, for Orbiter Vehicle. The suffix is composed of two parts: the series and the vehicle number. Series: 0 Non… …
