Sentences with phrase «atmospheric entry»

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and NASA are using X-rays to explore, via 3 - D visualizations, how the microscopic structures of spacecraft heat shield and parachute materials survive extreme temperatures and pressures, including simulated atmospheric entry conditions on Mars.

NASA Ames Research Center (NASA ARC) in California's Silicon Valley has traditionally used extreme heat tests at its Arc Jet Complex to simulate atmospheric entry conditions.

The heat and energy generated during atmospheric entry would be enough to power 280,000 homes.

Each was coated with a smooth, glassy rind, the heat of atmospheric entry having melted the exterior.

A dedicated Uranus orbiter / atmospheric entry probe mission concept.

Based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne, it is a visually inventive, atmospheric entry into the coming of age genre.

A definite return to form for the series, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is, to me, the most atmospheric entry in the series and, free from many of the narrative constraints of the early games, manages to forge out an entirely new chapter in the Resident Evil universe whilst still paying homage to classic tropes and even characters.

Instead, friction from the high - speed atmospheric entry will destroy Cassini.

Francesco Panerai of Analytical Mechanical Associates Inc., a materials scientist leading a series of X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab for NASA Ames Research Center, discusses a 3 - D visualization (shown on screens) of a heat shield material's microscopic structure in simulated spacecraft atmospheric entry conditions.

The deorbit burn at 10:52 a.m. sent the cargo craft on a course for atmospheric entry over the Pacific Ocean at 11:32 a.m.

Prior to atmospheric entry at 14:42 GMT, contact via the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the world's largest interferometric array, located near Pune, India, was established just after it began transmitting a beacon signal 75 minutes before reaching the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere.

The signal — a single data bit relayed to Earth from the Galileo orbiter meant that the probe had survived what NASA described as the most difficult atmospheric entry ever attempted.

The infrasound data indicates that the event, from atmospheric entry to the meteor's airborne disintegration took 32.5 seconds.

«Understanding organic dust is important, because such materials are more resistant to destruction during atmospheric entry, and some could have been delivered intact to early Earth, thereby fueling the emergence of life,» said Michael Mumma, Director of the Goddard Center for Astrobiology, and a co-author on the study.

At left is an experimental chamber that is designed to compress and heat the sample to simulate atmospheric entry conditions.

«We are developing a system at the ALS that can simulate all material loads and stresses over the course of the atmospheric entry process,» said Harold Barnard, a scientist at Berkeley Lab's ALS who is spearheading the Lab's X-ray work with NASA.

Initial analysis of Schiaparelli's radio signals during its atmospheric entry and descent suggested that the lander successfully deployed its parachute as planned, but the lander's signal was unexpectedly lost a minute before its scheduled touchdown.

Each SIAD is designed to fit on the outer rim of an atmospheric entry vehicle.

Three sets of images captured by the high - resolution camera mounted aboard NASA's MRO suggest that the Beagle - 2 successfully executed its atmospheric entry, descent and landing procedure, coming to rest gently on the surface of the Red Planet.

At 6.31 EDT, the spacecraft will start its atmospheric entry.

We had the opportunity to sit down with the man behind The Witch (Robert Eggers) as well as the film's leading lady, Anya Taylor Joy, to discuss their atmospheric entry into this year's TIFF programme.