NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield

A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/aug/HQ_09-188_IRVE_launch.html

Time: 17. Aug. 2009

Feed: NASA Breaking News

Topics: heat, inflatable, nasa, shield