#loftid — Public Fediverse posts

🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/atmos-space-cargo

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/atmos-space-cargo

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/atmos-space-cargo

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/atmos-space-cargo

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/atmos-space-cargo

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

July 📆 2024 The outlook for slowing incoming vehicles has improved, compared to a decade ago. #NASA’s #LEO Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID) took place in 📆 2022, successfully inflating a 6-meter- (20-foot-) diameter aerodynamic decelerator system in Earth’s stratosphere, which has a density similar to #Mars’ 🔴 atmosphere. Additionally, engineers now are optimistic about using thrusters for what is called supersonic #retropropulsion https://www.planetary.org/articles/challenges-facing-the-human-exploration-of-mars

@torybruno Remember the #LOFTID half scale engine reuse demo last year? #ulalaunch #nasa #space

https://x.com/torybruno/status/1723027142106063105?s=46

Could it be a thermal shield in the style of the #LOFTID module tested by #NASA and #ula

This would be an interesting option and the first non-experimental use of such a solution. Although LOFTID is currently floating in the pond at the residence @torybruno , the test results were very promising.

https://x.com/chris_kurdyla/status/1705157665104839062?s=46

A short NASA video with some new visuals of the #LOFTID experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mM1JIPY4Mw

Via #NASA - Photo of the 6 meter in diameter #LOFTID Re-entry vehicle on the deck of the recovery ship. The team have designed the aeroshell for a single use but it looks like it could be used again. They will conduct further post flight tests at the NASA Langley Research Center to see if there is a dual use option.

Our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or #LOFTID, launched on Nov. 10, to demonstrate inflatable heat shield technology that could be key to landing humans on Mars. Early results indicate our test was a success! Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3gcmajG #NASATechnology

Via #NASA - Video of the reentry plasma generated by the Low -Earth Orbit Flight Test #LOFTID a type of inflatable heat shield to re-enter large payloads . The vehicle re-entered at a speed of 8km a second - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpgaz2OzxXY&t=48s

Via #NASA - Video of the Splashdown of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test (#LOFTID) test article - It entered the atmosphere at 8 Km per second. The US Now has the ability to put large payloads into space with the launch of the Space Launch System and now have the ability to return large payloads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSE94KPRXs&t=9s

Via #NASA Video of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test #LOFTID unfurling and preparing for reentry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5YlL9Eo7lI

LIVE: Experts share early results of @NASA_Technology’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID) a week after its technology demonstration. https://youtu.be/OUGtgTR4D9E

In a few minutes on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGtgTR4D9E a Media Briefing on Results of #NASA's #LOFTID Demonstration - the visuals are up at https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/loftid/LOFTID_Demonstration_Images/

Via #NASA - NASA to Share First Results of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test Inflatable Heat Shield Technology Test Today 11/17/22 at 2:00 PM EST - https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-share-first-results-of-inflatable-heat-shield-technology-test #LOFTID

Don't miss NASA experts sharing early results of our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID)! Find out what we learned and what's next for this inflatable heat shield tech during our media briefing on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. EST: https://go.nasa.gov/3AhNDHw #NASATechnology

Atlas V #JPSS-2 / #LOFTID #Launch Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFZv7oZtqs - comes with some unique camera angles.

Thanks for following along with the #LOFTID technology demonstration of an inflatable heat shield! 🚀 Stay tuned for updates as the recovery team works to retrieve the aeroshell and ejectable data recorder. Learn more about what happens after splashdown: https://go.nasa.gov/3NUqSPJ #NASATechnology http://nitter.net/NASA_Technology/status/1590676578467708928#m

Even bigger ideas on inflatable reentry
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RT @dsfpspacefl1ght
In recognition of the successful LOFTID test today I give you once again ROOST, which might be the largest inflatable heatshield vehicle ever proposed.
http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/reusable-one-stage-orbital-space-truck.html
@torybruno @NASA_Langley #LOFTID #space #history #spacehistory
https://twitter.com/dsfpspacefl1ght/status/1590841903851130880

The reentry of #LOFTID was filmed by a camera on Mauna Kea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7Q-TzThNs (best scenes near the end).

We have had inflatable heatshields in KSP forever, cool to see remarkably similar ones in real life for Earth re-entry #NASA #LOFTID https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1590673455661584384?s=20&t=dZbciEg4jaG7OGss2I_Waw

Team members successfully retrieved the #LOFTID heat shield from the Pacific Ocean this morning. With the heat shield on board, the recovery vessel will head to retrieve LOFTID’s ejectable data module. More: blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/2022/11… twitter.com/torybruno/stat… https://twitter.com/NASA_Technology/status/1590745006113173505

Recuperación de #LOFTID del mar.

The recovered #LOFTID is now aboard the boat: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1590727582747885568. And the moment it was fetched out of the water: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1590735378226761728

#LOFTID recovery efforts are underway! The vehicle landed close to the Kahana-II ship and the crew has begun preparing for recovery operations, which will lift LOFTID aboard the vessel. We'll share more on the recovery and demo as it becomes available: blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/ pic.twitter.com/khLYIt96xT https://twitter.com/NASA_Technology/status/1590693014435172353

The IR view of #LOFTID in the water is getting clearer all the time!

Thanks for following along with the #LOFTID technology demonstration of an inflatable heat shield! 🚀 Stay tuned for updates as the recovery team works to retrieve the aeroshell and ejectable data recorder. Learn more about what happens after splashdown: go.nasa.gov/3NUqSPJ https://twitter.com/NASA_Technology/status/1590676578467708928

Moments years in the making for the team at @NASA_Langley: See the #LOFTID @NASA_Technology demonstration splash down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The data from this inflatable heat shield test will help us land more massive missions, and explore farther. pic.twitter.com/PzARsfhC9P https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1590677713542578176

The departure of #LOFTID from the Centaur in a video clip, now with corrected aspect ratio: https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1590673455661584384

Exito!

Todo hace indicar que el experimento de escudo térmico inflable #LOFTID ha superado la prueba y ha sobrevivido a la reentrada atmosférica!

Screenshots from the webcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eSn9_v9Q_8 with #LOFTID being deployed from the Centaur upper stage (distorted) and the s/c on the parachute after the successful reentry (infrared; this is off Hawaii where it is night now): https://twitter.com/geologoenapuros/status/1590669090792013825