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What protects the spacecraft when it enters atmosphere from space?
A heat shield protects the spacecraft when it enters the atmosphere from space by absorbing and dissipating the intense heat generated due to atmospheric friction. The heat shield helps prevent the spacecraft from burning up during reentry by creating a layer of hot and ionized gas, or plasma, around the spacecraft that acts as a barrier.
Why does a spacecraft need a heat shield to return to earth?
The speed of reentry combined with air friction creates a massive amount of heat at the point of entry. Heat shielding allows the craft to survive the high temperatures intact, but even a small defect in shielding can be catastrophic.
What does the heat shield do on a spacecraft?
As the name implies, a heat shield shields something from heat. In the case of a spacecraft heatshield, it shields and protects the craft itself from the tremendous amount of heat created by air friction due to the extremely high speed of the craft during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the part of the spacecraft that protects from high temperatures of re entry?
The heat shield is the part of the spacecraft that protects it from the high temperatures experienced during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. It is designed to withstand the intense heat generated by friction as the spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere at high speeds.
When a space vehicle re-enters the Earth's atmosphere energy is turned into energy?
When a spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere, the kinetic energy from its high speed is converted into heat energy due to air resistance. This process causes the spacecraft to heat up and create a fiery trail as it descends. The heat shield protects the spacecraft from burning up completely during re-entry.
What does the heat shield do on the command module?
As the module reenters earth's atmosphere the leading edge where the heat sheid is located gets very hot, red hot in fact. The ehat shield keeps the heat from penetrating the module to protect the electronic gear and passengers from the extreme heat. If the heat shield were not used the module would literally melt on reentry.
What protects satellites from intense heat of space?
In space there is no heat. Only when a satellite enters the atmosphere is there heat because of the friction and it begins to burn. Spacecraft have tiles on them to shield from the heat. Most satellites burn up in the atmosphere once they are done or become "space junk."
What protects a spacecraft against overheating upon re-entry?
On the space shuttle, there are a number of protective devices, but the most obvious are the insulating tiles. These are made of various materials, but mostly from a silica based insulation with ceramic coating.See the Web Link to the left for more information, but note that it predates the loss of Columbia from damage to tiles at a vital position on the orbiter.In earlier space programs, the spacecraft were protected by a shield which actually partially burnt away as re-entry progressed, thus taking away the heat from the craft.
How much would it cost to fix the heat shield on your car?
Which heat shield? There are several.
What causes a spaceship to get red-hot when reentering earth's atmosphere?
The heat generated by friction due to 'rubbing' against the air at re-entry speed. This is the same effect that causes a stone or a grain of sand to burn when it enters the atmosphere and become visible as a 'shooting star'.
Heat shield vs no heat shield?
i would need to know which shield ur talking about before i can give a professional opinion.
What is a battery heat shield?
it a battery with a shield around it
