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Tire Assault Vehicle

The Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV) was a small remote-controlled vehicle created from a scale model kit of the German World War II-era Tiger II heavy tank, used by NASA to test the tires for the Space Shuttle. The TAV was used to drill into the tires to damage them, something which was too risky to perform manually because of the intensity of an aircraft tire explosion. The TAV was built from a Tamiya 1/16th scale model of the Tiger II, extensively modified into a radio-controlled, video-equipped machine to drill holes in aircraft test tires that were in imminent danger of exploding because of high air pressure, high temperatures, or cord wear. Only roughly one quarter of the original model kit parts remained in the finished TAV, with most of the vehicle made from third-party hardware and custom-made metal parts. The TAV was used in conjunction with the Convair 990 Landing System Research Aircraft, which tested Space Shuttle tires. It was imperative to know the...

NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle

NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space