SYMPOSIUM ON PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION. PROCEEDINGS, VOLUME II,

Abstract

Contents: Unique Flexible Fibrous Material for Decelerators; Analysis of an Integrated Spacecraft Escape System; Unmanned Water-to-Air Recovery System; The Effect of Space Environment on Textile Materials; Studies of the Influence of Properties on the Landing Characteristics of Manned Spacecraft; Attenuation of Deployment and Opening Forces of Certain Aerodynamic Decelerators; Recovery Dynamics for Appollo; Development of the Para-Sail Parachute as a Landing System for Manned Spacecraft; Application of Ballistics to Precisely Control the Opening of Parachutes, the Ultra Precision Parachute; Attenuation of Landing Impact for Manned Spacecraft; Controlled Landings with Steerable Parachutes; Forcible Deployment and Development of Large Recovery Parachutes for Low Altitude Airdrop of Heavy Equipment; and Flat Spin Recovery System.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0452431

Entities

People

  • Earl C. Myers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Attenuation
  • Deployment
  • Environment
  • Escape Systems
  • Landing Impact
  • Low Altitude
  • Manned Spacecraft
  • Materials
  • Parachutes
  • Recovery
  • Space Environments
  • Spacecraft
  • Spin Recovery

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers