Cast glance near infrared imaging observations of the space shuttle during hypersonic re-entry

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tack, Steve ^a   Tomek, Deborah M ^b   Horvath, Thomas J ^b   Verstynen, Harry A ^c   Shea, Edward J ^d  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Unisys   (United States)

^d Futron Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT SHIELDING; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; INFRARED DEVICES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; REENTRY; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WINGS;

BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITIONS; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION PACKAGES; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; TRAJECTORY INFORMATION;

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EID: 78649863383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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