NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 16:42
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun formed tank dome designed for use in large liquid propellant tanks.