IRVE-3: Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Is A Go
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 20:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3), a large inflatable heat shield developed, was launched by sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Monday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. It successfully survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while traveling at hypersonic speeds of 7,600 mph. read more