Aerospace & High Technology Database

The Aerospace & High Technology Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms. This database provides comprehensive international coverage as well as numerous non-serial publications.

Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.

Subject Coverage

Major areas of coverage include:

Aerodynamics
Aircraft Design and Instrumentation
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Communications and Navigation
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Energy Production and Conversion
Environmental Pollution
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Geophysics and Earth Resources
Lasers and Masers
Life Sciences
Materials
Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
Meteorology, Climatology, and Oceanography
Physics: Solid State, Thermodynamics, Atomic and Molecular, Nuclear and High-Energy, Optics, Acoustics, Plasmas
Propellants and Fuels
Quality Assurance and Reliability
Social Sciences
Space Sciences
Spacecraft Design and Systems Engineering
Structural Mechanics

Dates of Coverage

Approximately 1962-current. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1910; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1982 or later.

Update Frequency

Once a month. Approximately 45,000 new records are added per year.

Size

Over 2,677,756 records as of February 2007

Thesaurus

The database is indexed using a master authority file of about 40,000 controlled-vocabulary terms. Older records in this database were indexed using a file-specific thesaurus; this thesaurus has now been incorporated into the master authority file.

Print Equivalent

International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA); Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) (1986-1993)

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Sample Record

TI:	Title Development of an ion thruster and power processor for New Millennium's Deep Space 1 Mission
AU:	Author Sovey, James S; Hamley, John A; Haag, Thomas W; Patterson, Michael J; Pencil, Eric J; Peterson, Todd T; Pinero, Luis R; Power, John L; Rawlin, Vincent K; Sarmiento, Charles J
AF:	Affiliation NASA, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH [Sovey; Hamley; Haag; Patterson; Pencil; Peterson; Pinero; Power; Rawlin; Sarmiento]
SO:	Source AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 33rd, Seattle, WA, July 6-9, 1997
RP:	Report Number AIAA Paper 97-2778
NT:	Notes 22 ref.
AB:	Abstract The NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Applications Readiness Program (NSTAR) will provide a single-string primary propulsion system to NASA's New Millennium Deep Space 1 Mission which will perform comet and asteroid flybys in the years 1999 and 2000. The propulsion system includes a 30-cm diameter ion thruster, a xenon feed system, a power processing unit, and a digital control and interface unit. A total of four engineering model ion thrusters, three breadboard power processors, and a controller have been built, integrated, and tested. An extensive set of development tests has been completed along with thruster design verification tests of 2000 and 1000 h. An 8000-h life demonstration test is ongoing and has successfully demonstrated more than 6000 h of operation. In situ measurements of accelerator grid wear are consistent with grid lifetimes well in excess of the 12,000-h qualification test requirement. Flight hardware is now being assembled in preparation for integration, functional, and acceptance tests. (Author)
LA:	Language ENGLISH
PY:	Publication Year 1997
PD:	Publication Date 19970700
PT:	Publication Type MEETING PAPER
CP:	Country of Publication UNITED STATES
CO:	Country of Origin UNITED STATES
DE:	Descriptors ION ENGINES; POWER CONDITIONING; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; NASA SPACE PROGRAMS; SPACE EXPLORATION; ENGINE TESTS; PROPULSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; FLYBY MISSIONS; GROUND TESTS; WEAR TESTS; SERVICE LIFE; THROTTLING; PROPULSION SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; ROCKET ENGINE DESIGN
CL:	Classification 20 SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
UD:	Update 199709
SF:	Subfile IAA, International Aerospace Abstracts
AN:	Accession Number A97-36107

Field Codes

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract	LA = Language
AF = Affiliation	NT = Notes
AN = Accession Number	NU = Other Numbers
AU = Author	PB = Publisher
AV = Availability	PD = Publication Date
CA = Corporate Author	PT = Publication Type
CL = Classification	PY = Publication Year
CO = Country of Origin	RP = Report Number
CP = Country of Publication	SF = Subfile
DE = Descriptors	SO = Source
IB = ISBN	TI = Title
IS = ISSN	UD = Update
JN = Journal Name

Keywords, KW=
In this database, a keyword search searches the Title, Abstract, and Descriptors fields.

Browsable Indexes
A browsable index is an alphabetical listing of terms used in a specific field of a database. You can browse this list to see, for example, the names of journals indexed in the Aerospace & High Technology Database. Browsable indexes are available for the following fields:

Author
Journal Name
Publication Type

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