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Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches the International Space Station during the STS-114 on 28 July 2005. The Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) is the barrier that protected the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the extreme 1,650 °C (3,000 °F) heat of atmospheric reentry. A secondary goal was to protect from the heat and cold of ...
In contrast with previous US spacecraft, which had used ablative heat shields, the reusability of the orbiter required a multi-use heat shield. [4]: 72–73 During reentry, the TPS experienced temperatures up to 1,600 °C (3,000 °F), but had to keep the orbiter vehicle's aluminum skin temperature below 180 °C (350 °F). The TPS primarily ...
The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from a two-week mission when previously detected damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS) resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart during reentry at an altitude of just under 65 km and a speed of about Mach 19. Investigation revealed that a piece of foam insulation had fallen ...
The shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.
STS-27 was the 27th NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Launching on December 2, 1988, on a four-day mission, it was the second shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of January 1986.
A second space shuttle disaster. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry on ...
The Space Shuttle is a ... Previous NASA spacecraft had used ablative heat shields, ... Failure to burn these gases could trip the onboard sensors and create the ...
Riding the International Space Station's robot arm, he ventured under the Shuttle to remove a pair of gap fillers sticking out between tiles on the orbiter's heat shield. Astronaut Steve Robinson turns the camera on himself during his repair job "underneath" Discovery. The Shuttle's heat shield is reflected in his visor. Damaged thermal blanket