The Boeing Company

Robert V Frampton

Leora Peltz

Glenn N Caplin

John W Behrens

Frank O Chandler

Jeffrey J Cronick

Daniel E Rivera

Thomas L Kessler

Thomas L Andrews

William Gregory Peterson

A spark plug having an insulating body defining a longitudinal axis and including a base portion and an obstruction portion, a first electrode including a proximal portion, a sheathed portion and a distal portion, the sheathed portion of the first electrode extending through the base portion of the insulating body, and a second electrode including a proximal portion, a sheathed portion and a distal portion, the sheathed portion of the second electrode extending through the base portion and the obstruction portion of the insulating body, wherein the obstruction portion axially extends beyond the distal portion of the first electrode.

Spark plug and associated propellant ignition system

An integrated instrumentation system includes a body comprising a thermal protection system (TPS) material (e.g., an ablatable material), one or more sensors embedded within the body, and a processor (e.g., an FPGA or the like) communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to acquire sensor signals from the plurality of sensors and produce digital sensor data associated therewith. The sensors may include, for example, recession sensors, pressure transducers, thermocouples, and accelerometers.

Methods and apparatus for an integrated instrumentation module for a thermal protection system

An in-space spacecraft servicing system () includes a servicing spacecraft () and a propellant module (). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (), as well as navigation avionics () for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft () for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank () with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor () for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.

Spacecraft servicing vehicle with adaptors, tools and attachment mechanisms

Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with universal docking adaptor

Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms

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Robert V Frampton