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Testing Heat Shields for Different Atmospheres
Testing is one of the unsung steps in the engineering process. Talk to any product development engineer, and they will…
2 months ago
An Innovative Heat Shield That Doesn’t Need to Be Replaced Between Missions
A revolution in space manufacturing is coming. Enabled by cheaper launch costs, companies are scrambling to take advantage of easier…
2 years ago
SpaceX Releases a New Render of What the All-Steel Starship Will Look Like Returning to Earth
SpaceX has released an impressive new image that shows its proposed Starship reentering the atmosphere of Earth.
6 years ago
Spinning Heat Shield Concept Could Provide a Lightweight Way to Survive Atmospheric Re-entry
A team from the University of Manchester recently tested their prototype for a spinning heat shield, a lightweight, compact design…
6 years ago
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World’s Largest Heat Shield Attached to NASA’s Orion Crew Capsule for Crucial Fall 2014 Test Flight
Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers are installing the largest heat shield ever built onto the Orion EFT-1 spacecraft’s crew module…
11 years ago