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🇩🇪 #ATMOS has few competitors, of which #VardaSpace and #InversionSpace both apply parachutes 🪂 for the final descent of their return capsules. #Phoenix doesn’t require parachutes due to its large surface area and low mass, allowing its shape to essentially act as a parachute. The ballistic coefficient is lower than #NASA’s #LOFTID demonstrator. The next Phoenix to launch will carry "green #propulsion; ethane and nitrous oxide” nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/at

#AtmosphericEntry #Aerobraking #Reentry

How ATMOS Space Cargo is shaping Europe's spaceflight future through reentry capsules - NASASpaceFlight.com

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July 📆 2024 The outlook for slowing incoming vehicles has improved, compared to a decade ago. #NASA’s #LEO Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID) took place in 📆 2022, successfully inflating a 6-meter- (20-foot-) diameter aerodynamic decelerator system in Earth’s stratosphere, which has a density similar to #Mars🔴 atmosphere. Additionally, engineers now are optimistic about using thrusters for what is called supersonic #retropropulsion planetary.org/articles/challen

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Via #NASA - Photo of the 6 meter in diameter #LOFTID Re-entry vehicle on the deck of the recovery ship. The team have designed the aeroshell for a single use but it looks like it could be used again. They will conduct further post flight tests at the NASA Langley Research Center to see if there is a dual use option.

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Our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or #LOFTID, launched on Nov. 10, to demonstrate inflatable heat shield technology that could be key to landing humans on Mars. Early results indicate our test was a success! Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3gcmajG #NASATechnology

Gene Mikulka

Via #NASA - Video of the reentry plasma generated by the Low -Earth Orbit Flight Test #LOFTID a type of inflatable heat shield to re-enter large payloads . The vehicle re-entered at a speed of 8km a second - youtube.com/watch?v=Rpgaz2OzxX

Gene Mikulka

Via #NASA - Video of the Splashdown of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test (#LOFTID) test article - It entered the atmosphere at 8 Km per second. The US Now has the ability to put large payloads into space with the launch of the Space Launch System and now have the ability to return large payloads. behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSE94KPRXs&t=9s

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Via #NASA Video of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test #LOFTID unfurling and preparing for reentry - youtube.com/watch?v=F5YlL9Eo7l

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LIVE: Experts share early results of @NASA_Technology’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID) a week after its technology demonstration. youtu.be/OUGtgTR4D9E

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Via #NASA - NASA to Share First Results of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test Inflatable Heat Shield Technology Test Today 11/17/22 at 2:00 PM EST - nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to #LOFTID

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Don't miss NASA experts sharing early results of our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (#LOFTID)! Find out what we learned and what's next for this inflatable heat shield tech during our media briefing on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. EST: go.nasa.gov/3AhNDHw #NASATechnology

NASA to Share First Results of Inflatable Heat Shield Technology Test

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Thanks for following along with the #LOFTID technology demonstration of an inflatable heat shield! 🚀 Stay tuned for updates as the recovery team works to retrieve the aeroshell and ejectable data recorder. Learn more about what happens after splashdown: go.nasa.gov/3NUqSPJ #NASATechnology nitter.net/NASA_Technology/sta

Splashdown is Just the Start for NASA Heat Shield Recovery Team

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Screenshots from the webcast youtube.com/watch?v=7eSn9_v9Q_ with #LOFTID being deployed from the Centaur upper stage (distorted) and the s/c on the parachute after the successful reentry (infrared; this is off Hawaii where it is night now): twitter.com/geologoenapuros/st

Mike

A vid of LOFTID separation from ULA's Centaur launch today.
One of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

(also a bit of a Sarlacc/DuneWorm look to it.)

#loftid #nasa #space #ula

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Team members successfully retrieved the #LOFTID heat shield from the Pacific Ocean this morning. With the heat shield on board, the recovery vessel will head to retrieve LOFTID’s ejectable data module. More: blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/2022/11… twitter.com/torybruno/stat… twitter.com/NASA_Technology/st

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Recuperación de #LOFTID del mar.