The Aerospace & High Technology Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms. This database provides comprehensive international coverage as well as numerous non-serial publications.
Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:
- Aerodynamics
- Aircraft Design and Instrumentation
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Communications and Navigation
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering
- Energy Production and Conversion
- Environmental Pollution
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
- Geophysics and Earth Resources
- Lasers and Masers
- Life Sciences
- Materials
- Mathematical and Computer Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Meteorology, Climatology, and Oceanography
- Physics: Solid State, Thermodynamics, Atomic and Molecular, Nuclear and High-Energy, Optics, Acoustics, Plasmas
- Propellants and Fuels
- Quality Assurance and Reliability
- Social Sciences
- Space Sciences
- Spacecraft Design and Systems Engineering
- Structural Mechanics
Dates of Coverage
Approximately 1962-current. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1910; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1982 or later. Update Frequency
Once a month. Approximately 45,000 new records are added per year.
Size
Over 9,076,341 records as of July 2013 Thesaurus
The database is indexed using a master authority file of about 40,000 controlled-vocabulary terms. Older records in this database were indexed using a file-specific thesaurus; this thesaurus has now been incorporated into the master authority file. Print Equivalent
International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA); Scientific and Technical
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Sample Record
| TI: |
Title
Development of an ion thruster and power processor for New Millennium's
Deep Space 1 Mission |
| AU: |
Author
Sovey, James S; Hamley, John A; Haag, Thomas W; Patterson, Michael
J; Pencil, Eric J; Peterson, Todd T; Pinero, Luis R; Power, John
L; Rawlin, Vincent K; Sarmiento, Charles J |
| AF: |
Affiliation
NASA, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH [Sovey; Hamley; Haag;
Patterson; Pencil; Peterson; Pinero; Power; Rawlin; Sarmiento] |
| SO: |
Source
AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 33rd,
Seattle, WA, July 6-9, 1997 |
| RP: |
Report Number
AIAA Paper 97-2778 |
| NT: |
Notes
22 ref. |
| AB: |
Abstract
The NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Applications Readiness
Program (NSTAR) will provide a single-string primary propulsion
system to NASA's New Millennium Deep Space 1 Mission which will
perform comet and asteroid flybys in the years 1999 and 2000.
The propulsion system includes a 30-cm diameter ion thruster,
a xenon feed system, a power processing unit, and a digital control
and interface unit. A total of four engineering model ion thrusters,
three breadboard power processors, and a controller have been
built, integrated, and tested. An extensive set of development
tests has been completed along with thruster design verification
tests of 2000 and 1000 h. An 8000-h life demonstration test is
ongoing and has successfully demonstrated more than 6000 h of
operation. In situ measurements of accelerator grid wear are consistent
with grid lifetimes well in excess of the 12,000-h qualification
test requirement. Flight hardware is now being assembled in preparation
for integration, functional, and acceptance tests. (Author) |
| LA: |
Language
ENGLISH |
| PY: |
Publication Year
1997 |
| PD: |
Publication Date
19970700 |
| PT: |
Publication Type
MEETING PAPER |
| CP: |
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES |
| CO: |
Country of Origin
UNITED STATES |
| DE: |
Descriptors
*ION ENGINES; *POWER CONDITIONING; *SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;
*NASA SPACE PROGRAMS; *SPACE EXPLORATION; *ENGINE TESTS; *PROPULSION
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; *PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;
FLYBY MISSIONS; GROUND TESTS; WEAR TESTS; SERVICE LIFE; THROTTLING;
PROPULSION SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; ROCKET ENGINE DESIGN |
| CL: |
Classification
20 SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER |
| UD: |
Update
199709 |
| SF: |
Subfile
IAA, International Aerospace Abstracts |
| AN: |
Accession Number
A97-36107 |
Field Codes
The following field codes are found in the records of this database.
Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code. See Field Codes and Search Examples for detailed
descriptions and search examples.
| AB = Abstract |
KW = Keywords |
| AF = Affiliation |
LA = Language |
| AN = Accession Number |
NT = Notes |
| AU = Author |
NU = Other Numbers |
| AV = Availability |
PB = Publisher |
| CA = Corporate Author |
PD = Publication Date |
| CL = Classification |
PT = Publication Type |
| CO = Country of Origin |
PY = Publication Year |
| CP = Country of Publication |
RP = Report Number |
| DE = Descriptors |
SF = Subfile |
| IB = ISBN |
SO = Source |
| IS = ISSN |
TI = Title |
| JN = Journal Name |
UD = Update |
Keywords, KW=
In this database, a keyword search searches the Title, Abstract, and
Descriptors fields.
Browsable Indexes
A browsable index is an alphabetical listing of terms used in a specific
field of a database. You can browse this list to see, for example, the
names of journals indexed in the Aerospace & High Technology Database.
Browsable indexes are available for the following fields:
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