Planets and Moons  ID: 14219

NASA's Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests

Set far away from residents and surrounded by dunes, the Remote Hypervelocity Test Laboratory at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, has supported every human spaceflight program from the Space Shuttle to Artemis. A team designing shields to protect NASA's Mars Earth Entry System from micrometeorites and space debris traveled to this facility to safely recreate dangerous impacts, and to test the team’s shields and computer models.

Credits

James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Lead Producer
Lead Editor
Videographer

Dave Hendon (NASA/White Sands Test Facility):
Support

Sam Molleur (NASA/JPL):
Videographer

Bruno Victorino Sarli (Alcyon Technical Services):
Scientist

Marcus Sandy (Sierra Lobo, Inc):
Scientist

Russell M. Stein (NASA/GSFC):
Scientist

Dennis Roy Garcia (Sierra Lobo, Inc):
Scientist

Arturo Pardo (Sierra Lobo, Inc):
Scientist

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Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Testing
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Sample Return