Apollo

Christmas comes early for NASA heat shield nerds

Layer 8 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:36:24 -0400

NASA researchers looking to develop the next generation of heat shields are using a treasure trove of recently rediscovered Apollo-era armor to build high-temperature protection for future space flights.

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NASA researchers said they recently uncrated heat shields used on Apollo missions that were being stored in the Smithsonian Institution's National

NASA seeking fast moonbuggies and reliable lunar landers

Layer 8 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:46:54 -0500

NASA may have its eyes on the Sun and Mercury this week but it is clearly focusing on the moon for the future.

NASA is soliciting proposals from the scientific and aerospace communities for design ideas for its next lunar lander. NASA officials said the Altair spacecraft will deliver four astronauts to the lunar surface late during the next decade.

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Boeing completes prototype heat shield for NASA's Orion spacecraft

Layer 8 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:17:52 -0500

Boeing said today it had completed a developmental heat shield designed to protect future NASA astronauts from extreme heat during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere following lunar and low-Earth orbit missions.

Specifically this shield is targeted for use on NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) which is the space agency's planned mission to send human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.

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