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A reentry capsule is the portion of a space capsule which returns to Earth following a spaceflight. The shape is determined partly by aerodynamics ; a capsule is aerodynamically stable falling blunt end first, which allows only the blunt end to require a heat shield for atmospheric entry .
The re-entry seen from the Woomera Test Range. The return capsule was predicted to land in a 20 km by 200 km area in the Woomera Prohibited Area, South Australia. Four ground teams surrounded this area and located the re-entry capsule by optical observation and a radio beacon. Then a team on board a helicopter was dispatched.
Prototype of the Mk-2 Reentry Vehicle (RV), based on blunt body theory. The original American sphere-cone aeroshell was the Mk-2 RV (reentry vehicle), which was developed in 1955 by the General Electric Corp. The Mk-2's design was derived from blunt-body theory and used a radiatively cooled thermal protection system (TPS) based upon a metallic ...
Replica of Hayabusa 's sample-return capsule (SRC) used for re-entry. Hayabusa2 's capsule is of the same size, measuring 40 cm (16 in) in diameter and using a parachute for touchdown. The spacecraft collected and stored the samples in separate sealed containers inside the sample-return capsule (SRC), which is equipped with thermal insulation ...
The VBK-Raduga capsule was a reentry capsule that was used for returning materials to Earth's surface from the space station Mir. They were brought to Mir in the Progress-M cargo craft's dry cargo compartment. For return, the capsule would be substituted for the Progress' docking probe before it left the space station, and then after the ...
A KH-9 image of the Soviet civil Moscow Domodedovo Airport misidentified in the original document as Kubinka airfield. The main camera system was designed by Perkin-Elmer to take stereo images, [17] with a forward looking camera on the port side, and an aft looking camera on the starboard side. Images were taken at altitudes ranging from 90 ...
As the capsule was approaching Earth and at the first stages of re-entry, all appeared well. Extensive planning had been conducted for the capsule's retrieval. A normal parachute landing might have damaged the delicate samples, so the mission design called for a mid-air retrieval of the sample return capsule.
English: Diagram of FSW-0 satellite recovery capsule reentry, deceleration, landing from a National Air Intelligence Center (predecessor to NASIC) translating chief designer Wang Xiji's "Development of China's Recoverable Satellites" paper.