A series of flight tests was initiated by the Langley Research Center for the purpose of testing ablative cork as a lightweight thermal protection material. These flight tests were conducted aboard NASA flight vehicles in the low-heating-rate environment of the afterbody regions. The test conditions covered a range of altitudes to 482,000 feet and velocities to 17,900 feet per second. The test results show that cork can provide adequate thermal protection for a long-time, low-heating-rate environment. p4.


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    Title :

    Free-Flight Test Results on the Performance of Cork as a Thermal Protection Material


    Contributors:
    R. A. Graves (author) / T. E. Walton (author)

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    52 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English