29 March 2018
China's Tiangong-1 space lab is destined for Earth, soon!
...a third of the planet. With a mass of 8, 506 kilograms (pre-entry), it is predicted that most of it will burn up as it hurtles...percent and 40 percent of the original mass will survive re-entry and then could be found on the ground, theoretically," the...
21 September 2016
China's first space lab is heading for a crash landing
... parts of the 10.3-metre-long (34-foot-long) space lab might not burn up on re-entry, Ping highlighted China’s commitment to the plight of its plunging spacecraft, which in the recent past has been reported as being out of control, by saying...
June 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... space age, hypersonic flight became practical, but only as a means of returning spacecraft from orbit. The problem of surface heating during spacecraft re-entry was recognised as a key challenge in hypersonic vehicle design. Work at the US National...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... area of coverage is so-called ‘third-party liabilities’, which cover ‘innocent parties’ against launch accidents or spacecraft re-entry (with reference to the stipulations of the UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967 & Liability Convention of 1972). Finally...
