NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

SOLID PROPELLANTS
Monitoring Micro-Structural Evolution
and Crack Formation in a Solid Propellant
Under Incremental Strain Condition-
Using Digital Radiograph X-Ray Techniques
– 200
Spectrally Analyzed Embedded Infrared
Fiber Optic Diagnostic of Advanced
Composite Propellant Combustion – 49
SOLIDIFICATION
Particle Engulfment and Pushing By Solidifying
Interfaces – 264
Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation
(PFMI): Concept, Hardware Development
and Initial Analysis of Experiments
– 57
SOLIDS
Assembly of Functional Porous Solids in
Complex Hybrid Composites – 40
SONAR
Analysis of Statistical Performance Measures
– 230
Beamspace Adaptive Beamforming for
Hydrodynamic Towed Array Self-Noise
Cancellation – 220
Covariance Matrix Filtering for Adaptive
Beamforming with Moving Interference
– 221
Moving Target Depth Estimation for Passive
Sonar, Using Sequential Resampling
Techniques – 224
Space-Time Adaptive Matched-Field
Processing (STAMP) – 220
SONOGRAMS
Computer-Aided Characterization of
Breast Masses on Volumetric Ultrasound
Images: An Adjunct to Mammography
– 168
SOOT
Measuring the Effect of Fuel Chemical
Structure on Particulate and Gaseous
Emissions using Isotope Tracing – 139
SORPTION
Assembly of Functional Porous Solids in
Complex Hybrid Composites – 40
SOUND DETECTING AND RANGING
Beamspace Adaptive Beamforming for
Hydrodynamic Towed Array Self-Noise
Cancellation – 220
Space-Time Adaptive Matched-Field
Processing (STAMP) – 220
SOUND GENERATORS
Measurements of Infrared and Acoustic
Source Distributions in Jet Plumes – 90
Passive Differential Matched-Field Depth
Estimation of Moving Acoustic
Sources – 248
SOUND PROPAGATION
Mitigation of the Impact of Sensing Noise
on the Precise Formation Flying Control
Problem – 244
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SOUND RANGING
Moving Target Depth Estimation for Passive
Sonar, Using Sequential Resampling
Techniques – 224
SOUND WAVES
Acoustically-Driven Microfluidic Systems
– 88
An Improved Method for Solving Systems
of Linear Equations in Frequency
Response Problems – 222
ASIAEX, East China Sea, Cruise Report
of the Activities of the R/V melville, 29
May to 9 June 2001 – 247
Experimental Study of Sound Waves in
Sandy Sediment – 247
Speech Intelligibility in Noise Using
Throat and Acoustic Microphones – 167
Underexpanded Screeching Jets From
Circular, Rectangular, and Elliptic
Nozzles – 141
SOUNDING ROCKETS
Optical Design of the RAISE Sounding
Rocket Instrument – 258
SOURCE PROGRAMS
Assume-Guarantee Verification of
Source Code with Design-Level Assumptions
– 190
SPACE COMMUNICATION
A Reconfigurable Communications System
for Small Spacecraft – 22
Evolutionary Space Communications Architectures
for Human/Robotic Exploration
and Science Missions – 71
SPACE EXPLORATION
Nanophase and Composite Optical Materials
– 39
The Explorer’s Guide to the Universe: A
Reading List for Planetary and Space
Science – 266
The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy
for Exploration of Deep Space – 158
SPACE FLIGHT
Computational Physics for Space Flight
Applications – 290
Development of a Vibration Based Countermeasure
to Inhibit the Bone Erosion
and Muscle Deterioration That Parallels
Spaceflight – 176
Modeling and Simulation of Shuttle
Launch and Range Operations – 21
Re-Adaptation to 1-G of Pregnant Rats
Following Exposure to Spaceflight or
Centrifugation – 159
Spaceflight Holography Investigation in a
Virtual Apparatus – 94
Spaceflight Operations Services Grid
(SOSG) – 288
SPACE LAW
Community Perspective on NASA Strategic
Planning – 277
Comparative Analysis on the Cost of
Oversight for the New National Security
Space Acquisition Policy- A Delphi
Method Approach – 22
SPACE MISSIONS
Future Far-IR and Submm Missions:
Japanese Perspective – 301
Future Far-IR Mission and Submillimeter
Space Missions: The European Perspective
– 300
H2EX: A Space Mission Dedicated to the
Observation of Molecular Hydrogen
– 300
Maximizing Science Capability for Far-
Infrared Space Missions – 302
PhyLM: A Mission Design Concept for an
Optical/Lidar Instrument to Measure
Ocean Productivity and Aerosols from
Space – 252
SOFIA: Current Performance and Future
Instrument Upgrades – 308
Space Wei QI: The Launch of Shenzhou
V – 18
The Case for Moderately-Cooled, Far-
Infrared Thermal Detectors – 100
The Herschel Mission – 301
SPACE PERCEPTION
Spatial Navigation Transfer Evaluation
Toolkit – 7
SPACE PROCESSING
An Overview of the Materials Science
Research at the Marshall Space Flight
Center Electrostatic Levitator Facility and
Recent CDDF Efforts – 93
Biological and Physical Space Research
Laboratory 2002 Science Review – 66
Materials Processing in Space: Model
Experiments aboard the International
Space Station – 66
SPACE PROGRAMS
CAD-CAM Productivity – 270
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS
Web-Based Toxic Gas Dispersion Model
for Shuttle Launch Operations – 30
SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS
Application of Non-Deterministic Methods
to Assess Modeling Uncertainties for
Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Debris Impacts
– 122
Material Modeling of Space Shuttle
Leading Edge and External Tank Materials
For Use in the Columbia Accident
Investigation – 123
Test and Analysis Correlation of Form
Impact onto Space Shuttle Wing Leading
Edge RCC Panel 8 – 124
SPACE SHUTTLES
Overview af MSFC’s Applied Fluid Dynamics
Analysis Group Activities – 25
Tethers as Debris: Simulating Impacts of
Kevlar Tethers on Shuttle Tiles – 24