How Spacecraft Survive Re-entry into Earth’s Atmosphere! 📝 When a spacecraft returns to Earth, it travels at an unbelievable speed of 28,000 km/h — nearly 7.8 kilometers every second! ⚡ As it enters the atmosphere, the outer temperature rises up to 3,000°C! 🔥 But thanks to its powerful heat shield, the astronauts inside remain completely safe. 👨‍🚀🛡️ This is not just science… It’s the brilliance of human technology and engineering! 🌍✨ #ScienceFacts #SpaceTechnology #Spacecraft #NASA #SpaceX

On Dec. 5, 2014, NASA's Orion space capsule launched for the first time. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/8a1r0H This spacecraft is designed to take astronauts to the moon and even Mars. No one was on board for this test launch, but there will be astronauts blasting off into space inside these capsules by the mid-2020s. For the first test launch, it lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral. Four and a half hours later, it splashed dow

"Why won’t the spacecraft melt?” is a perfectly reasonable question to ask about this morning's launch to "touch" the Sun. We installed a cutting-edge heat shield made of carbon-composite that will keep our #ParkerSolarProbe spacecraft and its instruments at a relatively comfortable temperature of about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. See for yourself as our engineers take a blowtorch to the shield material 🔥🔥🔥: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

17K views · 50 reactions | The Progress space vehicles are designed without a heat shield, which is why they burn up when re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Students can design, build and test their own heat shields with this hands-on #STEMonStation activity, developed in partnership with Microsoft Education and Hacking STEM: https://go.nasa.gov/32TxVQJ. | NASA JSC Education | Facebook