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NASA Space Technology Game Changing Development :ADEPT SR-1 Flight Experiment

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Space Technology Game Changing Development ADEPT SR-1 Flight Experiment NASA's future missions will require ever-greater mass delivery capability in order to place sci- entifically significant instrument packages on distant bodies of interest, to facilitate sample NASAfacts returns from them, and to enable future human exploration of Mars. The Adaptable, Deploy- able Entry and Placement Technology Sound- ing Rocket 1 (ADEPT SR-1) project is devel- oping a mechanically deployable low-ballistic coefficient aeroshell entry system to perform entry, descent and landing (EDL) functions for planetary missions. The ADEPT architecture represents a com- pletely new approach for entry vehicle design using a high-performance carbon fabric to serve as the primary drag surface of the me- chanically deployed decelerator and to pro- tect the payload from hypersonic aerothermal heating during entry. The initial system-level development of the "nano-ADEPT" architect ture will culminate in the launch of a 0.7-m deployed diameter ADEPT sounding rocket flight experiment. The SR-1 sounding rocket flight experiment is a critical milestone in the technology maturation plan for ADEPT and will generate performance data on in-space deployment and aerodynamic stability. The ADEPT project team is advancing this de- celerator technology via systems-level testing at the 1-m diameter, or nano-ADEPT, scale. A subsonic aeroloads test (May 2015) and an arc-jet aeroheating test (Sept. 2015) have already been completed. A successful SR-1 flight experiment will bring the 1-m-class nano- ADEPT to technology readiness level (TRL) 5, Top: A flight-like ADEPT being tested in a subsonic achieving component or breadboard valida- wind tunnel. Bottom: A flight-like ADEPT skirt being tion in a relevant environment. tested in an arc-jet flow.Launch is planned for fall of 2018. The test will use the and accommodating a payload geometry approximative NASA Flight Opportunities Program sounding rocket a 3U CubeSat. platform provided by UP Aerospace to launch SR-1 to an apogee over 100 km and achieve reentry conditions The design of SR-1 is focused on simple, robust solu- with a peak velocity near Mach 3. The flight duration from tions that are responsive to the flight experiment techni- launch to ground impact and recovery is approximately cal objectives while meeting the challenges of budget 15 minutes. The SR-1 flight experiment will demonstrate and schedule. After SR-1, the logical next step for the most of the primary end-to-end mission stages including technology is an Earth reentry experiment from orbital ve- launch in a stowed configuration, separation and deploy- locities. Such an experiment would mature nano-ADEPT ment in exo-atmospheric conditions, and passive ballistic to TRL 6 for entry from low-Earth orbit and direct entry at Venus, Mars, and Titan. reentry of a 70-degree half-angle faceted cone geometry. ADEPT SR-1 will determine supersonic through transonic The Game Changing Development (GCD) Program inves- aerodynamic stability of the unique ADEPT axisymmetric, tigates ideas and approaches that could solve significant blunt body shape with an open-back (no backshell) entry technological problems and revolutionize future space vehicle configuration. The flight experiment will use many endeavors. GCD projects develop technologies through features intended for 1-m scale GPS antenna component and subsystem testing on Spring space flight missions such as SPOT Trace" Earth to prepare them for future use in Metallic deployment the carbon-fabric decel- structure system Burn-wire space. GCD is part of NASA's Space erator, two-stage spring Carbon fabric release system Technology Mission Directorate. system for deployment, (3D-woven) For more information about GCD, please visit http://gameon.nasa.gov/ ADEPT landing scenario. ADEPT stored in Stowed ADEPT deployment rocket fairing Peak Mach number ADEPT Altitude = 100 km T = 1.6 min Mach 3 separates -70 km from rocket (No significant heating) Booster separation Nose separation ADEPT subsonic Yo-yo de-spin Mach 0.8 Lower spin rate T = 6 min Ascent High spin rate Launch Impact in White Sands Missile Range, NM UP Aerospace Spaceloft XL Impact speed: 25 m/'s T = 0.0 mir No parachute Spaceport America T = 15 min Truth or Consequences, NM On-board data stored on SD card National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 www.nasa.gov NASA Facts FS-2017-03-01-ARC2/6/2019 about-us-alcoa-overview.png (731*852) > careers > contact us --search-- ALCOA Worldwide Markets About Alcoa Community Environment Sustainability News Invest Products Innovation Careers Overview Global excellence in aluminum People, communities, environment 2007 Revenues: $30.7 billion Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, By Segment through its active and growing participation in all major aspects billions of the industry. Flat-Rolled Products $2.7 Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building Primary Metal $3.3 $9.2 and construction, commercial transportation and industrial Engineered Solutions markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other $3. 2 capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. Extruded and End Products Packaging and Consumer $5.7 $6.6 In addition to aluminum products and components including flat- Alumina and Aluminum rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa@ wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems. By Market The Company has 97,000 employees in 34 countries and has billions been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the 30.4 world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 2.1 25.6 3.1 In 2006 it was 10 times safer to work for Alcoa than it was in 22.6 1.8 2.4 1991. 21.2 0.8 20.3 1.5 2.7 2.7 2.0 19.2 1.1 2.2 2.0 Alcoa makes a very sustainable product: almost 70% of the 0.9 2.2 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.7 42 aluminum ever produced is still in use, equaling 480 million 1.7 2.4 1.8 2.7 3.4 metric tons (529 million tons) of a total 690 million metric tons 2.7 2.7 (761 million tons) manufactured since 1886. 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 9.0 6.8 5.8 Every day, worldwide, Alcoa: 5.4 5.0 5.2 Mines 86,300 tons of bauxite and 27,300 tons of coal Refines 41,000 tons of alumina 4.8 6.9 4.8 5.7 Smelts 9,575 tons of aluminum Recycles 2,300 tons of aluminum 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Manufactures 8,810 tons of aluminum products Assembles wire harnesses for 20,400 vehicles Packaging and Building and Consumer Construction Generates 96,000 MWH of electricity Alumina and Aluminum Aerospace Purchases $27 million in goods and services Industrial Products and Commercial Other Transportation Automotive http:/media.nngroup.com/media/editor/2013/03/14/about-us-alcoa-overview.png 1/1ALCOA Overview Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through iis active and growing participation in all major aspecis of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. * [n addition to aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems. The Company has 97 000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2006 it was 10 times safer to work for Alcoa than it was in 1991. Alcoa makes a very sustainable product: almost 70% of the aluminum ever produced is still in use, equaling 480 million metric tons (529 million tons) of a total 690 million metric tons (761 million tons) manufactured since 1886. Every day, worldwide, Alcoa: Mines 86,300 tons of bauxite and 27,300 tons of coal Refines 41,000 tons of alumina Smelts 9,575 tons of aluminum Recycles 2,300 tons of aluminum Manufactures 8,810 tons of aluminum products Assembles wire hamesses for 20 400 vehicles Generates 96,000 MWH of electricity Purchases $27 million in goods and services O oo oo0ooaon 2007 Revenues: $30.7 billion Revenue by Segment (in Billions) Segment Revenue by Billions Flat-rolled Products $9.2 Primary Metals $6.6 Engineered Solutions $5.7 Extruded and End Products $3.2 Packaging and Consumer $3.3 Alumina and Aluminum $2.7 Revenue by Market (in Billions) Packaging Alumina Industrial and and Products Automotive Building and Commercial Consumer Aluminum and Other Construction Aerospace Transportation TOTAL 2001 $4.8 $5.4 $3.6 $2.4 $2.2 $2.0 $0.8 $21.2 2002 $4.8 $5.0 $2.5 $2.7 $1.8 $1.5 $0.9 $19.2 2003 $5.1 $5.2 $2.5 $2.7 $1.7 $2.0 $1.1 $20.3 2004 $5.7 $5.8 $2.8 $2.7 $1.9 $2.2 $1.5 $22.6 2005 $6.2 $6.8 $3.4 $2.7 $2.0 $2.7 $1.8 $25.6 2006 $6.9 $9.0 $4.2 $2.7 $2.4 $3.1 $2.1 $30.4