A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
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NASA Accepting Applications for Aeronautics Scholarship Awards
08.27.09 - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will begin accepting scholarship applications on Sept. 1, 2009, for the 2010 academic year.
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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
08.17.09 - A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
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NASA and Cafe Announce Green Aircraft Challenge
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 "Test instrumentation is set up behind the inboard engines of NASA’s DC-8.")
