The Hypervelocity Impact Technology (HVIT) office at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) is dedicated to support NASA flight programs in meeting their meteoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) protection requirements both efficiently and effectively, with a minimum of shielding mass, volume, and cost. This paper provides an overview of HVIT capabilities in providing hypervelocity tests, analyses, MMOD risk assessments and shielding expertise. HVIT personnel work closely with NASA Program personnel to develop program-specific MMOD protection requirements which are achievable based on initial risk assessments. Then HVIT proceeds with hypervelocity impact testing and hydrocode assessments to update and verify ballistic limit equations used in the MMOD risk assessment. The final MMOD risk assessment prior to flight will show compliance with MMOD requirements. This final assessment will also incorporate changes in the MMOD environment from meteoroid showers and orbital debris breakups. After the mission is flown, post-flight inspections are performed by HVIT to document and trend MMOD damage to returned spacecraft surfaces and hardware. A majority of the hypervelocity impact tests are performed at the NASA WSTF Remote Hypervelocity Test Laboratory (RHTL), although other hypervelocity facilities that provide complementary test capabilities are called on when necessary to fill data gaps. HVIT accomplishments in NASA mission support are described. In addition, current HVIT activities to aid on-going NASA crewed missions and science missions are presented.


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    Titel :

    NASA JSC Hypervelocity Impact Technology (HVIT) Office


    Beteiligte:
    E. L. Christiansen (Autor:in) / T. Prior (Autor:in) / D. Lear (Autor:in) / H. Cowardin (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023


    Format / Umfang :

    1 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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