Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Miller, E. R..
Several series of spacecraft were developed, designed, built and launched to determine different characteristics of the lunar surface and environment for a manned landing. Both unmanned and manned spacecrafts, spacecraft equipment and lunar missions are documented.
System consists of television camera using 25 mm SEC vidicon, low dispersion spectrograph, and digital video image system used for buffer storage of video data during tube readout scanning. Six-bit ADC converts video to digital data which are stored on magnetic tape for future evaluation.
A 25-mm vidicon camera was previously modified to allow operation in an integration mode for low-light-level astronomical work. The camera was then mated to a low-dispersion spectrograph for obtaining spectral information in the 400 to 750 nm range. A high speed digital video image system was utilized to digitize the analog video signal, place the information directly into computer-type memory, and record data on digital magnetic tape for permanent storage and subsequent analysis.
Concentrator provides method of concentrating a beam of electromagnetic radiation into a smaller beam, presenting a higher flux density. Smaller beam may be made larger by sending radiation through the device in the reverse direction.
Thermophysics research review at Marshall Space Flight Center
Bidirectional spectroreflectometer for reflectance of solid and powder samples
Space environment effects on emissivity and optical absorption of thermal control surfaces