NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies

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NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies, NASA News Releases announced. NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. 4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A KREPE-3 capsule floats inside the Northrup Grumman Cygnus XL 24 cargo spacecraft on October 7. NASA is a space exploration and public company founded in 1958.

Inside the capsule is a 3-D printed heat shield designed by researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. When Northrop Grumman 24 th cargo resupply mission for NASA undocked from the International Space Station, it carried a fleet of 12 small, experimental capsules designed to test the next generation of thermal protection materials that could serve as the foundation for future heat shields.