Advanced Mission Design Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center 1 September 2000 – 31 December 2001 Co-P.I.s Donald T. Ward, Thomas C. Pollock, and David W. Lund Total award $219,534   The NASA X-38 is the prototype of a Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) which will be used as an emergency escape system or lifeboat from the … Continue reading Flight Tests of an Unmanned Powered Parachute: A Validation Tool for GN&C Algorithms