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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Design, Development, and Performance of the Re-entry Vehicle

This report documents the design, development, and performance of the flight vehicle for Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1).

Date: May 1964

Creator: Erickson, C. E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Re-entry Flight Demonstration No. 1 (RFD-1): Optical Data and Fuel-Element Experiment

This report on the RFD-1 optical data and external fuel-element experiment includes a description of the instruments and test components used, a presentation of the data obtained, an explanation of the methods of data reduction employed, and a statement of the conclusions derived. It covers the theory, design, qualification tests, flight-test data, and results of the external fuel-element experiment. Also presented is a theoretical analysis of observed versus predicted ablation times and altitu… more

Date: October 1964

Creator: White, I. B.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Data Book

Re-entry flight demonstration number one (RFD-1) was launched on May 22, 1963 from the Scout launch complex at NASA Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia.

Date: September 1964

Creator: Erickson, C. E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Preflight Disassembly Analysis and Observed Disassembly of the Simulated SNAP-10A Reactor

Abstract: This report describes the SNAP-10A Simulated Test Reactor, the test philosophy of Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One, the analytical analysis of reactor disassembly, and the results of the flight test.

Date: September 1964

Creator: Klett, R. D.; Hysinger, T. M. & Robertson, M. M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Final SNAP-10A Safety Flight-Test Plan

Abstract: This report constitutes the RFD-1 Safety Flight Plan for investigating the disassembly, distraction, and disposal of the SNAP-10A reactor during re-entry.

Date: March 1964

Creator: Erickson, C. E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number Two: Interim Flight-Test Report

Abstract: This report presents a summary and brief evaluation of the RFD-2 flight-test data reduced as of December 16, 1964.

Date: January 8, 1965

Creator: Cropp, L. O.; Everhart, W. H.; Keck, L. J.; Klett, R. D.; Robertson, M. M.; Spahr, H. R. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department