NASA NTRS · 20060032857
The Solar Probe Heatshield Development
Abstract
A NASA mission that will travel close to the sun requires a unique heatshield to protect the spacecraft and the instruments from the peak flux of 400 W/cm(sup 2) found at the mission's perihelion of 4 solar radii (~ 0.02 AU).
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Randolph, J., Imbriale, W., Miyake, R., Pierson, E., Dirling, R.. 2000-05-10. The Solar Probe Heatshield Development. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060032857
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