{"418331":{"#nid":"418331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Advances Potential Commercial Space Flight System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast spring private industry successfully sent a spacecraft carrying cargo to the International Space Station.\u0026nbsp; Now the race is on to see which company will be the first to make commercial human spaceflight a reality.\u0026nbsp; Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is one of three companies that will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to further develop its commercial human spacecraft system, NASA announced earlier this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESNC has turned to Georgia Tech for expertise on how to ensure the smoothest possible re-entry for its spacecraft, the Dream Chaser, which is reminscent of NASA\u0027s space shuttle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobert Braun, Aerospace Engineering professor of space technology, and his research team - Research Engineer Jenny Kelly and engineering graduate students Zach Putnam and Mike Grant- are working with SNC on the design of an advanced guidance algorithm that will make the most of the Dream Chaser\u0027s superior aerodynamic performance during re-entry and landing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robert Braun and his research team are working with SNC on the design of an advanced guidance algorithm"}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-06-24 15:24:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:49","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"30211","name":"Bobby Braun"},{"id":"130411","name":"Jenny Kelly"},{"id":"130431","name":"Mike Grant"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"},{"id":"130421","name":"Zach Putnam"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}