Accession Number:

AD0745242

Title:

Aviation on the Threshold of Space (Chapter 9)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Ponomarev, A. N.

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

The document discusses general problems and progress thus far involving space-aircraft or lifting bodies. All sources quoted are from U.S. publications except for one French reference to a space station. Vehicles described include the Dyna Soar, X-15, SV-5D, X-24A, HL-10, and a U.S. orbital space station. Problems discussed include heat-shielding, methods of control, speeds, and power sources.

Descriptors:

• *LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES
• AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS
• USSR
• ORBITS
• UNITED STATES
• SPACE ENVIRONMENTS
• LAUNCH VEHICLES
• SPACE STATIONS
• THERMODYNAMICS
• FRANCE
• AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
• TRANSLATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE