February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... work developing new technology they hope will become a game changer for space debris remediation: the aeroshell. An aeroshell is a flexible, low-mass structure that can be deployed from a spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) to substantially increase...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
...about to deploy and that the two halves of the rover’s aeroshell, which has protected it throughout its flight, are close to ...1970s. A US Air Force transport plane flew the new aeroshell to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for delivery ...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
.... The parachutes were made of polyester and nylon fabrics which were compacted to fit inside the protective aeroshell that carried the parachute and other components needed for entry, descent and landing, such as batteries...
25 September 2017
Boldly going in search of another pale blue dot
... the SCIM mission; Sample Collection to Investigate Mars. As the name suggests, SCIM will use a sleek, elongated aeroshell to fly to the Red Planet and return the first samples of Martian materials to Earth without the complexity...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
... potentially as late as 15 August. Soon, the workers there will encapsulate the rover, already sheltered in its own aeroshell, within the two halves of the Atlas 5 rocket fairing that the rover will launch inside, then...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
... modules, are expected to be reusable at least once. The STAR Center will accommodate: Assembly and testing of Orion’s aeroshell heat shield and installation of its thermal protection system Fabrication and testing of crew module and crew...
