Orbiter entry boundary layer flight testing

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Campbell, Charles H ^a,d   Garske, Michael T ^a,e   Kinder, Jerry ^b   Berry, Scott A ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Applied Aeroscience and CFD Branch   (United States)

^e Orbiter Project Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITIONS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; FLIGHT DATA; FLIGHT TESTING; GAP FILLERS; IN-VEHICLE; MANNED SPACECRAFT; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; SAFETY RISKS; SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMS; TURBULENT HEATING;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES;

HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 78149474084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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