Invented at Ames, NASA's Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET)—the brown, textured material covering the bottom of the capsule in this photo—is a woven heat shield ...

As for the heat shield, NASA determined the gasses generated inside the heat shield's Avcoat material were unable to vent and dissipate as expected. "This allowed pressure to build up and cracking ...

The space agency boasted in a press release that it's working with Rocket Lab, a California-based aerospace manufacturer, to apply a heat shield onto ... System's hottest planet, NASA is applying ...

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat ...

Experts are working on a unique experiment that will use an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield to protect a spacecraft ... How a 'Non-Hazardous' NASA Mission Turned Deadly (04:04) How the Common ...

A four-member crew, including NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left the ISS early Tuesday on ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on a SpaceX spaceship after their week-long flight turned into nine months ...

A NASA spacecraft will make its second close brush with the sun. The Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking first pass ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set for another close brush with the sun, reaching record speeds of 430,000 mph as it flies through the solar atmosphere. Scientists hope the mission will reveal new ...

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Experts are working on a unique experiment that will use an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield to protect a spacecraft when entering a planet's atmosphere or returning to Earth What Is an Aurora?

The space agency boasted in a press release that it's working with Rocket Lab, a California-based aerospace manufacturer, to apply a heat shield onto the small space ... of our Solar System's hottest ...