Space Shuttle Orbiter thermal protection system design and flight experience
Abstract
The Space Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Protection System materials, design approaches associated with each material, and the operational performance experienced during fifty-five successful flights are described. The flights to date indicate that the thermal and structural design requirements were met and that the overall performance was outstanding.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993STIN...9332198C
- Keywords:
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- Flight Tests;
- Space Shuttle Orbiters;
- Structural Design;
- Thermal Insulation;
- Thermal Protection;
- Aerothermodynamics;
- Mechanical Properties;
- Space Debris;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer