NASA NTRS · 20090024799
Orbiter Entry Aerodynamics Flight Testing: STS-119 and STS-125
Abstract
NASA has performed entry flight testing related to boundary layer transition and turbulent heating environments during 2009. Two projects are involved in implementing the activities and acquiring flight data: 1) Orbiter BLT Flight Experiment during STS-119; and 2) Hypersonic Thermodynamic Infrared Measurements (HYTHIRM) during STS-119 and STS-125. Orbiter BLT FE has implemented tile surface thermocouples in order to provide in-situ data downstream of a fixed geometry tile protuberance. HYTHIRM has developed a framework of mission planning and aircraft based telescopic infrared measurements to provide quantitative surface temperature distributions.
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Campbell, Charles H., Saucedo, Luis, Kinder, Jerry, Horvath, Thomas J., Tomek, Deborah. 2009-06-18. Orbiter Entry Aerodynamics Flight Testing: STS-119 and STS-125. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20090024799
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