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Atmospheric entry

Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. Atmospheric entry may be uncontrolled entry, as in the entry of astronomical objects, space debris, or bolides, or it may be controlled entry (or reentry) of a…

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Entry vehicle shapes

Fay–Riddell equationAngle of attackComputational fluid dynamicsVostokVoskhod
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Thermal protection systems

SpacecraftInduction plasmaBoundary layerSublimesPyrolysis
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Uncontrolled and unprotected entries

SovietKosmos 954Great Slave LakeNorthwest TerritoriesSkylab
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Atmospheric entry accidents

Voskhod 2Soyuz 5Apollo 15Mars Polar LanderTelemetry
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Entry vehicle shapes

Entry heating

Thermal protection systems

High-drag suborbital entry

Inflatable heat shield entry

Entry vehicle design considerations

Atmospheric entry accidents

Uncontrolled and unprotected entries

Environmental impact

Gallery

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Atmospheric entry

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Avg. degree1.99
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Atmospheric entry

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related to Further reading · 68
Atmospheric entry → Academic Press, Aeronautics, AIAA Education Series, American Institute, An Introduction, Astronautics, Atmospheric Flight, Bernard, Bibcode, Charles, Coming Home, Dennis, Dover Publications, Dynamics, Engineering, Engineers, Equilibrium Gases, Etkin, Florida, Frank
related to External links · 13
Atmospheric entry → Aerocapture Mission Analysis Tool, AMAT, Analysis Division, Apollo Atmospheric Entry Phase, Astronautica, Buran's, Center, NASA Mission Planning, Orbital, Project Apollo, Reentry Debris Studies, Solar System, The Aerospace Corporation
related to NASA HIAD · 9
Atmospheric entry → Following, HIAD, Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, In, Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment, IRVE, IRVE-3, NASA, The
related to Gallery · 7
Atmospheric entry → Cygnus, Early, EarthSpace Shuttle, International Space StationClose, Progress, Shuttle, Soyuz
related to Terminology, definitions and jargon · 5
Atmospheric entry → Earth, EDL, The, This, When
has impact · 3
Atmospheric entry → Atmospheric, Earth's, The
related to Entry heating · 2
Atmospheric entry → Atmospheric, Objects
related to Entry vehicle design considerations · 2
Atmospheric entry → Peak, There
part of · 1
Atmospheric entry → a spacecraft landing or recovery

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heat entry reentry tps space atmospheric gas spacecraft atmosphere vehicle shield material ablative mars used flux high also thermal carbon

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Atmospheric entrypart ofa spacecraft landing or recovery0.85text
high-altitude parachute jumps from balloons do not require heat shielding because the gravitational acceleration of an object starting at relative rest from within the atmosphere itselfinstance ofslow-speed returns to Earth from near-space0.80text
air to have significantly different propertiesinstance ofFor that situation the gas is considered frozen.The distinction between equilibrium and frozen is important because it is possible for a gas0.80text
the following examples can be better design choicesinstance ofcarbon phenolic is sometimes inappropriate and lower-density TPS materials0.80text
high-peak-heating conditions found on sample-return missions or lunar-return missionsinstance ofIt is a good choice for ablative applications0.80text
Inconelinstance ofdo not require structural reinforcement with materials0.80text
Atmospheric entryhas impactAtmospheric0.60section
Atmospheric entryhas impactEarth's0.60section
Atmospheric entryhas impactThe0.60section
Atmospheric entryrelated to Entry heatingObjects0.60section
Atmospheric entryrelated to Entry heatingAtmospheric0.60section
Atmospheric entryrelated to Entry vehicle design considerationsThere0.60section

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