Remote Imaging of Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) Entry Heating Risk Reduction
Remote Imaging of Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) Entry Heating Risk Reduction
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A Measure of Performance (MOP) identified with an Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) Multi- Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Program Flight Test Objective (FTO) (OFT1.091) specified an observation during reentry though external ground-based or airborne assets with thermal detection capabilities. The objective of this FTO was to be met with onboard Developmental Flight Instrumentation (DFI), but the MOP for external observation was intended to provide complementary quantitative data and serve as a risk reduction in the event of anomalous DFI behavior (or failure). Mr. Gavin Mendeck, the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Phase Engineer for the MPCV Program (Vehicle Integration Office/Systems & Mission Integration) requested a risk-reduction assessment from the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) to determine whether quantitative imagery could be obtained from remote aerial assets to support the external observation MOP. If so, then a viable path forward was to be determined, risks identified, and an observation pursued. If not, then the MOP for external observation was to be eliminated.
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Remote Imaging of Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) Entry Heating Risk Reduction
2016
103 pages
Report
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English
Fluid Mechanics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Remote sensing , Atmospheric entry , Aerodynamic heating , Flight test vehicles , Performance tests , Risk assessment , Infrared imagery , Heat shielding , Surface temperature , Computational fluid dynamics , Computerized simulation , Nasa space programs , Aerothermodynamics , Hypersonic reentry , Thermal protection , Ablation , Flight instruments , Safety management , Descent , Landing