New technology innovations with potential for space applications

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 324-333

  Krishen, Kumar ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; NASA; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; SPACE STATIONS;

GROUND-BASED RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); SPACE MISSIONS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 44449086325     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.12.047     Document Type: Article

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