27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
... halves of the rover’s aeroshell, which has protected it throughout its flight, are close to separating — that the heat shield is supposed to fall away. If that happens, he’ll have done his part. “If we make it to that point, that’s the mission...
27 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
... capsule was kept in the low 20s. Alan Walters/AmericaSpace The heat shield on EFT-1 was made up of a titanium skeleton with a.... The next version of Orion will require an even stronger heat shield, since on EM-1 Orion will go much further into space ...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... these problems is the use of physical thermal protection systems, either consisting of high-temperature insulation tiles, or ablative heat shields. The former are expensive and challenging to design, while the latter are not reusable. The ionisation...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
...on the spacecraft that will never see direct sunlight. The heat shield is critical in keeping the spacecraft protected from the extremely ... All elements along the chain, from the heat shield feedthroughs, the remote sensing instruments and the thermal...
10 August 2018
Fiery inferno awaits NASA's Parker Solar Probe
... be able to withstand temperatures outside the spacecraft that reach nearly 1,377 celsius (2,500 Fahrenheit). Providing the heat-shield does its job, the probe is equipped with four instrument suites designed to study plasma, magnetic fields...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...by creating a temporary shelter in the aft bay of the spacecraft, which is the inside portion closest to the heat shield. Active shielding Engineers are working on several ways to protect future space crews or colonists from very high energy galactic...
