In the early morning of January 15, 2006, the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC) successfully delivered its precious cargo of cometary particles to the awaiting recovery team at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). As the SRC entered at 12.8 km/s, the fastest manmade object to traverse the atmosphere, a team of researchers imaged the event aboard the NASA DC-8 airborne observatory. At SRC entry, the airplane was at an altitude of 11.9 km positioned within 6.4 km of the prescribed, preferred target view location. The incoming SRC was first acquired approximately 18 seconds (s) after atmospheric interface and tracked for approximately 60 s, an observation period that is roughly centered in time around predicted peak heating.


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    Titel :

    International Space Station (ISS) External Television (TV) Camera Shutdown Investigation


    Beteiligte:
    Kichak, Robert (Autor:in) / Young, Eric (Autor:in) / Pandipati, Chetty (Autor:in) / Cooke, Robert (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.02.2009


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch