Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) Thermal Protection System (TPS)

Ellerby, Don ; Venkatapathy, Ethiraj ; Gage, Peter ; Stackpoole, Margaret ; Gasch, Matthew ; Peterson, Keith ; Young, Zion ; Kazemba, Cole ; Mahzari, Milad ; Nishioka, Owen(NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States)

关键词: ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION;    HEAT SHIELDING;    MANUFACTURING;    THERMAL PROTECTION;    URANUS (PLANET);    VENUS (PLANET);    SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS;    NEPTUNE (PLANET);    MODELS;   

RP-ID  :  ARC-E-DAA-TN69963

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

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.