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Aerospace Team Online Photo Gallery

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Interaction Heating Facility (IHF) at NASA Ames - it is the largest arc jet in the world
 Interaction Heating Facility (IHF) at NASA Ames (39k)

IHF chamber with Thermal Protection Systems in it ready for testing
IHF chamber with TPS ready for testing (27k)

Diagram showing how the arc jet heater is assembled
Arc jet heater (44k)

Thermal Protection System being tested to see how much heat it can withstand
Test being done inside an arc jet (19k)

Ablator being tested to determine the greatest amount of heat it can withstand
Lightweight ceramic ablator testing (15k)

Space shuttle tile inside an arc jet
Space shuttle tile inside an arc jet (15k)

Thermal Protection System Tiles cut in half to show what the insides look like
Thermal Protection System Tiles (15k)

Diagram showing the different layers of a Thermal Protection Blanket and how hot a blanket can get in certain conditions
Shuttle blanket diagram (48k)

Diagram of a space shuttle showing where thermal protection blankets are located and what kind they are
Thermal Protection Materials on the space shuttle (33k)

Space shuttle heating pattern
Space shuttle heating pattern (15k)

Ames Vertical Gun Range
Ames Vertical Gun Range (29k)

Display of several aeroballistic models
Aeroballistic Models (21k)

Test in the Ballistic Range
Ballistic Range: laser tracking onboard flying model (25k)

 
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