News tagged with thermal shields

NASA Selects Material for Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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