DEVELOPMENT TESTING OF SPACE VEHICLES

Abstract

This report reviews the salient characteristics of various classes of spacecraft, unmanned and manned, present and future. The test objectives and testing techniques used for development of aerospace vehicles are discussed. This portion includes the range of required ground test facilities and the role that flight test programs play. The report also discusses the hypothetical ground test facilities that will be needed to test adequately the conceptual systems of the future, and concludes with the role of earth-orbiting research laboratories in the overall spectrum of flight testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0628053

Entities

People

  • Donald D. Carlson
  • George Macfarlane

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Convection
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Lunar Exploration
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motion Sickness
  • Simulators
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites