Dragon has been developed under Nasa's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, or COTS, programme, in which the agency has sought to seed fund cargo-carrying replacements for its recently retired shuttles.
It could be used for emergency purposes such as medical supplies/instruments and experts, or for other high priority but low mass cargo like critical replacements".
Tracing a model therapeutic cargo, acid sphingomyelinase (enzyme replacement for Niemann Pick Disease A-B), showed that combined-targeted anti-ICAM/TfR nanocarriers enhanced enzyme delivery versus "free" enzyme, with biodistribution patterns different from single-targeted nanocarriers.
will be bringing a last-minute addition to their cargo haul for the station: replacement parts to repair the broken toilet aboard the station.
Despite the robustness and versatility of the Dakota, by the early 1950s the Air Force was looking for a replacement with greater cargo capacity and longer range, to better facilitate the deployment and supply of Australian forces.
Mr. Barton has called for the shuttle to be remotely-operated as a cargo carrier, with no astronauts, until a replacement spacecraft is developed.
The tested scenarios consider the replacement of vans by electric cargo bikes for different market penetration rates of the latter: 0, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100%.
When analyzing the overall traffic performance indicators, it becomes clear that the replacement of conventional vans by electric cargo bikes should only be promoted to a certain extent.
These values refer to the morning peak hour and provide evidences that the replacement of conventional vans by electric cargo bikes have a positive effect in the environment and on fuel savings.
Apparent combustion enhancement by some halon replacement fire suppressants (proposed for use in aircraft cargo bays) has been observed in full-scale, constant-volume tests at the FAA.
