Hypervelocity impact testing of shuttle Orbiter thermal protection system tiles

AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, 1990

Volumn , Issue , 1990, Pages

  Christiansen, Eric L ^a   Ortega, Javier ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; HEAT SHIELDING; IMPACT TESTING; NASA; ORBITS; PROJECTILES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SPACE PLATFORMS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTING; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT DAMAGES; JOHNSON SPACE CENTER; PROJECTILE PARAMETERS; SHUTTLE ORBITERS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

BOROSILICATE GLASS;

EID: 84991325410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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