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Manned space vehicle reentry at circular to hyperbolic velocities, considering deceleration, corridor width, heating, heat protection, vehicle weight, lateral ranging, and landing factors
Hypersonic flow difficulties encountered during atmospheric reentry of spacecraft
Comparison of oxidation products of the sputnik iv fragment after its reentry and those that occur in the crusts of iron meteorites
Shallow angle flight paths of high speed reentry vehicles necessitates analysis of the factors controlling the rate of convective heating and the effect of nonequilibrium flow
Guidance and control methods for spacecraft atmospheric reentry
Reentry vehicle shape effects on the accuracy and angle-of-attack amplitude and wind tunnel methods for measuring pitch damping
Design of calorimeters to obtain flight data at lunar reentry velocity and equations to convert telemetered temperature responses into heat flux valves
Multipurpose manned reentry vehicle capable of entry at circular to hyperbolic velocities - design study
Calculation of satellite radiative heating on reentry
Ship support of Apollo project for insertion injection and reentry phases
Aerodynamic heating of spacecraft during reentry, investigating characteristics for low density rarefied flow and high density continuum flow regimes
Reentry flight corridor depth reduction as result of inadequate flight data at hyperbolic speeds, noting overshoot limit and inverted attitude
Reentry vehicle configuration from manned Mars missions, using aerobraking
Pitch modulation maneuver for spacecraft reentry
Graphite thermochemical response tested in simulated environment for use as thermal shield for hypersonic reentry vehicles
Reentry flight corridor depth reduction as result of inadequate flight data at hyperbolic speeds, noting overshoot limit and inverted attitude
Pitch modulation maneuver for spacecraft reentry
Flexible uniform-stress truncated disk spinning about central hub for aerodynamic braking useful as reentry decelerator, noting low decelerator weight fractions for wide range of mission parameters