01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
..., that “can fly many times between the surface of the Moon and lunar orbit without flaps or heat shielding required for Earth return,” wrote SpaceX via Twitter after the contract announcement. The company are...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
... conference Tuesday evening. A high-speed reentry is expected 8 May that will aid in the testing of new heat shielding. Other key re-entry technologies such as recovery technology, parachute deployment and a cushioned airbag landing system to soften...
04 December 2020
Asteroid sample from Hayabusa2 to land on Earth 6 December
.... Once the capsule has been found, a number of safety checks have to be completed before the parachute and heat shield can be separated. Then, providing no damage to the capsule or leakage of the sample has been found, the capsule...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
..., 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 module adapter...
05 November 2019
Boeing’s Starliner completes pad abort test for commercial crew
..., two opening successfully is acceptable for the test perimeters and crew safety. After one minute, the heat shield was released and airbags inflated, and the Starliner eased to the ground beneath its parachutes. The...
06 December 2020
Hayabusa2 capsule containing asteroid samples lands on Earth
... GMT Saturday), creating a shooting-star-like fireball as it entered Earth's atmosphere. Temperatures endured by its protective heat shield reached approximately 3,000 degrees celsius during re-entry. A few hours later, JAXA confirmed the samples had...
