Shopping & Style2 mins ago
Spacecraft re-entry
When a spacecraft re-enters the Earth's atmosphere the outer surface starts to burn away with friction. What is the 8 letter for this process
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Boots217. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It all depends on the spacecraft - Mercury, Gemini,and Apollo as well as all the Russian manned programmes used ablative heatshields - -so the word you're looking for is ablation. They work by shedding heat by burning (ablating) some of the surface structure of the heatshield.
The space shuttle works in a completely different way using heat resistant tiles, pyroceram nosecone, and thermal protective blanket material.
The space shuttle works in a completely different way using heat resistant tiles, pyroceram nosecone, and thermal protective blanket material.