NASA aeronautics goals include pioneering new technology to increase commercial aircraft efficiency and reduce emissions from air travel. The feasibility of using fuel cells and on-board cryogenic hydrogen systems in combination with electric motors for commercial transport aircraft has been examined in the past at NASA and in the aircraft industry. Growing emphasis on increasing...
The Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM) Portfolio Project (CFMPP) was established by NASA in 2021 to achieve the primary goal of closing CFM technology gaps essential to NASA’s future missions in science and exploration. The office is comprised of Marshall Space Flight Center as the lead, with key support from Glenn Research Center and other NASA Centers. The CFMPP office organization,...
The Modeling and Technologies Portfolios are part of The NASA Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM) Portfolio Project’s (CFMPP). The Modeling Portfolio develops, enhances, validates, and demonstrates Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Nodal tools to address capability gaps for predicting cryogenic fluid behavior in 1-G and microgravity environments for use as design tools for future NASA...
NASA is developing technologies for long duration missions utilizing cryogenic propellants. Zero boil-off storage is necessary to achieve human exploration missions to Mars. Active cooling will enable these missions. Current and future cryocooler technology development efforts will be presented for storage of Liquid Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Methane.
The NASA Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project’s (CFMPP) Demonstrations Portfolio designs, builds, and tests integrated flight and ground systems comprised of multiple CFM subsystems, enabling TRL 5 - 7 maturation for technologies for in-space applications both through activities performed by NASA and partnerships with industry. These partnerships are through Tipping Point contracts, a...
As part of the Artemis Program, NASA’s Human Landing Systems (HLS) Program is responsible for the development of spacecraft that will land the next American astronauts on the Moon and return them safely to a staging vehicle in lunar orbit. NASA has partnered with SpaceX and Blue Origin to lead the design and development of these human landing systems, and NASA is providing critical insight and...
