File:Gemini Spacecraft Heat Shield.jpg
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English: Picture of an ablated Gemini heat shield. The ablative substance of the Gemini heat shield is a paste-like silicone elastomer material, which hardens after being poured into a honeycomb form. It is not known whether this heat shield was used on a Gemini spacecraft for reentry or only scorched in a ground test, perhaps by a rocket engine. The circular marks show where samples were removed afterward for testing, and the resulting holes filled with wooden blocks. In 1970 heat shield manufacturer McDonnell-Douglas gave both of these shields to the Smithsonian on behalf of NASA. Picture taken at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA. |
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| Author | Sanjay Acharya |
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