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NASA Orbiter Extended Nose Landing GearThis paper discusses the design, development, test, and evaluation of a prototype Extended Nose Landing Gear (ENLG) for NASA's Space Shuttle orbiters. The ENLG is a proposed orbiter modification developed in-house at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) by a joint government/industry team. It increases the orbiter's nose landing gear (NLG) length, thereby changing the vehicle's angle of attack during rollout, which lowers the aerodynamic forces on the vehicle. This, in combination with a dynamic elevon change, will lower the loads on the orbiter's main landing gear (MLG). The extension is accomplished by adding a telescoping section to the current NLG strut that will be pneumatically extended during NLG deployment.
Document ID
19990053884
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Steven R King
(Lockheed Martin (United States) Bethesda, Maryland, United States)
Scott A Jensen
(Lockheed Martin (United States) Bethesda, Maryland, United States)
Christopher P Hansen
(Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: 33rd Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: 33rd Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: US
Start Date: May 19, 1999
End Date: May 21, 1999
Sponsors: Lockheed Martin (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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