The
May 2003 issue contains:
Mars Parachute
Test in the 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel
Code FO is playing
an important role in the latest mission to Mars. A recent test
helped NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory select a parachute
design for the two Mars Exploration Rover spacecraft.
FO Connection
to Hybrid Rocket Fuel Project
One of Code FO’s
engineers is involved in research that could make space travel
cheaper and safer. The research, a joint Ames-Stanford University
project, studies the potential of paraffin-based hybrid rocket
fuel.