Upon entering the atmosphere of celestial bodies, spacecrafts encounter gases at velocities of more than ten km/s, thereby being subjected to great heat loads. Figure 1.1 shows artist's concept of X-3 8 reentering Earth's atmosphere 1. The X-3 8 is a technology demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), which will be designed for an emergency return from the International Space Station.


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    Title :

    Overview of IRS Plasma Wind Tunnel Facilities


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English