#heatshield — Public Fediverse posts

Check out this slow motion video of the Artemis II Orion Capsule separating from the Service Module. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/this-amazing-nasa-video-shows-the-exact-moment-the-artemis-2-orion-capsule-broke-free-of-its-service-module-and-we-cant-stop-watching-it #NASA #ArtemisII #Space #Artemis #OrionCapsule #HeatShield #Spacecraft #Orion

Haunting NASA Photo Shows Artemis II Heat Shield in the Ocean https://petapixel.com/2026/04/22/haunting-nasa-photo-shows-artemis-ii-heat-shield-in-the-ocean/ #heatshield #underwater #artemisii #Artemis2 #artemis #Space #NASA

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116421112731650759

Whether or not the #HeatShield worked, there was nothing I could do. There’s so much we didn’t model correctly on entry. There was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet

#Artemis #Orion #reentry

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116421112731650759

Whether or not the #HeatShield worked, there was nothing I could do. There’s so much we didn’t model correctly on entry. There was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet

#Artemis #Orion #reentry

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116421112731650759

Whether or not the #HeatShield worked, there was nothing I could do. There’s so much we didn’t model correctly on entry. There was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet

#Artemis #Orion #reentry

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116421112731650759

Whether or not the #HeatShield worked, there was nothing I could do. There’s so much we didn’t model correctly on entry. There was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet

#Artemis #Orion #reentry

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116421112731650759

Whether or not the #HeatShield worked, there was nothing I could do. There’s so much we didn’t model correctly on entry. There was a point—there’s something that I feel that I am not ready to say to the public yet

#Artemis #Orion #reentry

There is a bright colored region on the #HeatShield https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/DSC_3398/DSC_3398~orig.jpg

#Artemis #Orion

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116383449237411936

It will take several hours to several days for engineers to complete their initial inspections of the #Orion spacecraft, but the successful return to Earth on Friday proved the #HeatShield did its job.

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116375745501644380

#Spacecraft are designed to be as un-aerodynamic as possible to maximise drag and help them slow down.

This deceleration during #reentry can be extremely harsh. A shock wave will envelop the spacecraft, creating air temperatures of 10,000°C 🌡️ or more – about twice the temperature of the surface of the #Sun.

The #Artemis I #HeatShield ablation during re-entry was much larger than expected. Large chunks of material separated from the heat shield in some places.

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

#SpaceShuttle #Columbia reentry 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#Crew_survivability

#HeatShield #damage

#Artemis II astronauts will splash down Friday using a new reentry technique at 32 times the speed of sound that has yet to be tested in real-world scenarios. Because Artemis I went back into space between the first dip into the atmosphere, the hot interior of the #HeatShield kept producing gases, but the exterior was no longer shedding material fast enough to allow those gases to escape. Pressure built up, which #cracked the heat shield https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-04-09/artemis-ii-to-put-new-reentry-plan-to-test

The #Artemis II #HeatShield 🛡️🔥 is even less permeable than the one flown on Artemis I.The more permeable parts of the Artemis I heat shield did not suffer the same char loss as the less permeable part. #NASA doesn’t have a complete physics picture of what happened on Artemis I, but they chose to change the re-entry trajectory to minimize the thermal strain on the shield https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artemis-ii-heat-shield-nasa

RE: https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/115958711682927838

#Artemis #HeatShield

🚀🎉 NASA's latest brainwave: Let's send #astronauts around the #moon in a cobbled-together, blazing tin can! Perfectly safe—except for that pesky little problem where the heat shield disintegrates like soggy cereal. 🥣🌌 But hey, who needs comprehensive testing when you can just wing it on a multimillion-dollar joyride? 🤡🔥
https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm #NASA #Mission #SpaceExploration #HeatShield #Failure #Joyride #HackerNews #ngated

NASA Heat Shield Tech Contributes to America’s Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/heatshield-w5-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #SpaceIndustry #HeatShield #SpaceTechnology #VardaSpaceIndustries

NASA Heat Shield Tech Contributes to America’s Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/heatshield-w5-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #SpaceIndustry #HeatShield #SpaceTechnology #VardaSpaceIndustries

NASA Heat Shield Tech Contributes to America’s Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/heatshield-w5-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #SpaceIndustry #HeatShield #SpaceTechnology #VardaSpaceIndustries

NASA Heat Shield Tech Contributes to America’s Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/heatshield-w5-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #SpaceIndustry #HeatShield #SpaceTechnology #VardaSpaceIndustries

NASA Heat Shield Tech Contributes to America’s Space Industry https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/heatshield-w5-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #SpaceIndustry #HeatShield #SpaceTechnology #VardaSpaceIndustries

#arstechnica:
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SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
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"SpaceX is targeting an orbital Starship flight with a next-gen vehicle next year."

"..Flight 11, Starship will fly on a suborbital trajectory similar to the flight profile the ship has flown on all of its missions to date. "

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/spacexs-lesson-from-last-starship-flight-we-need-to-seal-the-tiles/

9.9.2025

#FT10 #heatshield #IFT10 #Raumfahrt #Starship #SpaceFlight #SpaceX

#ATMOSSpaceCargo:
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ATMOS Space Cargo Conducts First Re-Entry Mission from Space early on its way to building a leading return logistics platform with its Innovative Return Capsule
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https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/mission-completion-update/

23.4.2025

#Bandwagon3 #HeatShield #Hitzeschild #PHOENIX1 #PHOENIX2 #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Wiedereintritt

#ATMOSSpaceCargo:
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ATMOS Space Cargo Conducts First Re-Entry Mission from Space early on its way to building a leading return logistics platform with its Innovative Return Capsule
"
https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/mission-completion-update/

23.4.2025

#Bandwagon3 #HeatShield #Hitzeschild #PHOENIX1 #PHOENIX2 #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Wiedereintritt

#ATMOSSpaceCargo:
"
ATMOS Space Cargo Conducts First Re-Entry Mission from Space early on its way to building a leading return logistics platform with its Innovative Return Capsule
"
https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/mission-completion-update/

23.4.2025

#Bandwagon3 #HeatShield #Hitzeschild #PHOENIX1 #PHOENIX2 #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Wiedereintritt

#ATMOSSpaceCargo:
"
ATMOS Space Cargo Conducts First Re-Entry Mission from Space early on its way to building a leading return logistics platform with its Innovative Return Capsule
"
https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/mission-completion-update/

23.4.2025

#Bandwagon3 #HeatShield #Hitzeschild #PHOENIX1 #PHOENIX2 #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Wiedereintritt

#ATMOSSpaceCargo:
"
ATMOS Space Cargo Conducts First Re-Entry Mission from Space early on its way to building a leading return logistics platform with its Innovative Return Capsule
"
https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/mission-completion-update/

23.4.2025

#Bandwagon3 #HeatShield #Hitzeschild #PHOENIX1 #PHOENIX2 #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Wiedereintritt

Perseverance landing Descent Stage Downlook Camera 🪐

#heatshield #landing #mars #mars2020 #nasa #parachute #perseverance #rover

⏩ 39 new pictures from @stim3on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=39&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250219110946

"On the way down, it’s all the #HeatShield 🔥 ... There’s no plan B. You know that is going to be your higher blood pressure moment" https://www.independent.co.uk/space/polaris-dawn-crew-spacewalk-return-b2615068.html

#PolarisDawn

On the next #Starship flight, #SpaceX plans to attempt to recover the #booster using catch arms 🦾. "We want to be really confident that the ship #HeatShield 🔥🛡️ is super robust and lands at the exact right location 🎯. So before we try to bring the #ship back to the launch site, we probably want to have at least three successful landings of the ship 🚀 [at sea 🌊]." https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/rocket-report-falcon-9-is-back-starship-could-be-recovered-off-australia/

@skrishna was the #HeatShield 🔥 checked thoroughly 🤔❓ There's a reason to think 💭 #Boeing's #quality and #safety culture might be flawed 🙄

#Starliner's #HeatShield is made of #Boeing Lightweight Ablator, a honeycomb-like structure that is hand-filled with the ablator. In areas that receive less heat, the capsule is covered with a mix of thermal blankets and heat shield tiles, both of which have #SpaceShuttle heritage.

The descent through the atmosphere will reach temperatures of 1,650 degrees 🔥 Celsius. Once through the thicker part of the #atmosphere, the heat shields are #jettisoned 🗑️ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/06/starliner-cft-launch/

#NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was designed to #reenter the atmosphere to slow the vehicle from orbital velocity and then glide to its landing. This required a larger heat shield then ever. It was also meant to be re-usable.
The primary part of the #HeatShield are many #silica tiles on the #Orbiter’s belly, with a coating applied that makes them black and more heat-resistant.
This #Photograph is taken after #Endeavour had been refitted for display at the California Science Center in the Orbital Processing Facility and shows the #SpaceShuttle from below and behind.

Get a print or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-in-opf-13-heron-and-fox.html

#SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Li900, #OrbiterProcessingFacility,

#NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was designed to #reenter the atmosphere to slow the vehicle from orbital velocity and then glide to its landing. This required a larger heat shield then ever. It was also meant to be re-usable.
The primary part of the #HeatShield are many #silica tiles on the #Orbiter’s belly, with a coating applied that makes them black and more heat-resistant.
This #Photograph is taken after #Endeavour had been refitted for display at the California Science Center in the Orbital Processing Facility and shows the #SpaceShuttle from below and behind.

Get a print or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-in-opf-13-heron-and-fox.html

#SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Li900, #OrbiterProcessingFacility,

#NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was designed to #reenter the atmosphere to slow the vehicle from orbital velocity and then glide to its landing. This required a larger heat shield then ever. It was also meant to be re-usable.
The primary part of the #HeatShield are many #silica tiles on the #Orbiter’s belly, with a coating applied that makes them black and more heat-resistant.
This #Photograph is taken after #Endeavour had been refitted for display at the California Science Center in the Orbital Processing Facility and shows the #SpaceShuttle from below and behind.

Get a print or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-in-opf-13-heron-and-fox.html

#SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Li900, #OrbiterProcessingFacility,

#NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was designed to #reenter the atmosphere to slow the vehicle from orbital velocity and then glide to its landing. This required a larger heat shield then ever. It was also meant to be re-usable.
The primary part of the #HeatShield are many #silica tiles on the #Orbiter’s belly, with a coating applied that makes them black and more heat-resistant.
This #Photograph is taken after #Endeavour had been refitted for display at the California Science Center in the Orbital Processing Facility and shows the #SpaceShuttle from below and behind.

Get a print or other merchandise at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-in-opf-13-heron-and-fox.html

#SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Li900, #OrbiterProcessingFacility,

Badminton Inspired Heat Shield Aims to Fly This Year - Badminton is not a sport that most of us think about often, and extremely rarely o... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/18/badminton-inspired-heat-shield-aims-to-fly-this-year/ #inspiration #shuttlecock #heatshield #badminton #reentry #birdie #space #welsh

#space #commerce #manufacturing #resources #heatshield

An Innovative Heat Shield That Doesn't Need to Be Replaced Between Missions

https://www.universetoday.com/161415/an-innovative-heat-shield-that-doesnt-need-to-be-replaced-between-missions/ via @universetoday