Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir

Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir  Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and worked alongside two Russian cosmonauts conducting life science […]

Risk of Hydrazine Use Following Freeze–Thaw Exposure

For more information, contact Jonathan E. Jones, Langley Research Center, jonathan.e.jones@nasa.gov Download the PDF version The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to communicate the risks associated with freeze–thaw cycles in hydrazine monopropellant systems and to provide general recommendations for mitigating damage, operational hazards, and loss of system reliability in propulsion and auxiliary hydrazine systems. […]

Risk of Hydrazine Use Following Freeze–Thaw Exposure

For more information, contact Jonathan E. Jones, Langley Research Center, jonathan.e.jones@nasa.gov Download the PDF version The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to communicate the risks associated with freeze–thaw cycles in hydrazine monopropellant systems and to provide general recommendations for mitigating damage, operational hazards, and loss of system reliability in propulsion and auxiliary hydrazine systems. […]

Risk of Hydrazine Use Following Freeze–Thaw Exposure

For more information, contact Jonathan E. Jones, Langley Research Center, jonathan.e.jones@nasa.gov Download the PDF version The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to communicate the risks associated with freeze–thaw cycles in hydrazine monopropellant systems and to provide general recommendations for mitigating damage, operational hazards, and loss of system reliability in propulsion and auxiliary hydrazine systems. […]