April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... mission in 2005 included taking a close-up look and the repair of the damaged heat shield. Gap fillers were removed from between the orbiter’s heat-shielding tiles located on the craft’s underbelly. Never before had any repairs been...
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...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
...viability and to conduct the most accurate selection of them for further experiments. It is also necessary to provide a heat shield for the containers to prevent overheating of the cups containing the biological objects. Finally, it is very important...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
..., it will need to withstand the challenges that interplanetary travel brings with it, such as higher speeds and improved heat shielding performance. The spacecraft’s development team have been working on new materials and a new structure to make the...
20 December 2022
Outpost to develop ISS cargo ferry under NASA contract
...It will, however, be scalable to heavier cargo with less of a direct increase in mass and volume than a fixed heat shield, as the heat shield is collapsed for all mission phases until the very final entry. "We’re spearheading a new way of doing space...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... to conclude this spring. Teams have taken a methodical approach to understand the issue, including extensive sampling of the heat shield, testing and review of data from sensors and imagery. Orion’s crew capsule uses a ‘skip’ manoeuvre to help...
