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Sunday, August 23, 2009

NASA Successfully Tests Vacuum-Packed Inflatable Heat Shield

Packed into a 15-inch shroud payload, the shield launched this morning aboard a small sounding rocket from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility off the coast of Virginia. After reaching an altitude of 124 miles, the shield unpacks and inflates itself into a 10-foot diameter mushroom shape of silicone-coated fabric.

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