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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Robert W. Moses, Poquoson, VA (US);
Foy M. Cheatwood, Norfolk, VA (US);
Christopher O. Johnston, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sergey Macheret, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bernard Parent, Tucson, AS (US);
Justin Little, Seattle, WA (US);
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow control mechanism is described which substantially improves the existing processes in that smaller magnetic fields, requiring far less mass, are placed away from the forebody of the spacecraft to produce Lorentz forces that augment the lift and the drag forces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft.