Publication Date:
2019-10-09
Description:
Starting in 2013 and completing in 2019, the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project has been working to mature a 3-D Woven Thermal Protection System (TPS) to Technical Readiness Level (TRL) 6 to support future NASA missions to destinations with extreme entry environments such as Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and high-speed sample return missions to Earth. A key aspect of the project has been the building and testing of a 1-meter base diameter Engineering Test Unit (ETU) representative of what could be used for a Saturn probe. This paper provides a high-level overview of the HEEET project including manufacturing and testing of the ETU for structural model verification, establish system capability and verify manufacturing workmanship.
Keywords:
Engineering (General)
Type:
ARC-E-DAA-TN69963
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Materials Science and Technology 2019 (MS&T19); Sep 29, 2019 - Oct 03, 2019; Portland, Oregon; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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