NASA NTRS · 20190031964
Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) Thermal Protection System (TPS)
Abstract
Starting in 2013 and completing in 2019, the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project has been working to mature a 3-D Woven Thermal Protection System (TPS) to Technical Readiness Level (TRL) 6 to support future NASA missions to destinations with extreme entry environments such as Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and high-speed sample return missions to Earth. A key aspect of the project has been the building and testing of a 1-meter base diameter Engineering Test Unit (ETU) representative of what could be used for a Saturn probe. This paper provides a high-level overview of the HEEET project including manufacturing and testing of the ETU for structural model verification, establish system capability and verify manufacturing workmanship.
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Ellerby, Don, Venkatapathy, Ethiraj, Gage, Peter, Stackpoole, Margaret, Gasch, Matthew, Peterson, Keith, Young, Zion, Kazemba, Cole, Mahzari, Milad, Nishioka, Owen, Poteet, Carl, Splinter, Scott, Langston, Sarah, Kellerman, Charles, Williams, Joseph, Parbhu, Dinesh, Libben, Ben, Milos, Frank, Fowler, Mike, Driver, David, Palmer, Grant, Gonzales, Greg, Boghozian, Tane, Chavez-Garcia, Jose, Miller, Ruth, Murphy, Alexander, Boston, Kelvin G., Beverly, Joshua S., Frye, Elora K., Geouge, Wayne D., Mclain, Kevin J., O’Connell, Joseph J., O’Neil, Teresa L., Shanks, Gregory T., Thornblom, Mark, Tury, Jacob S., Bloxom, Kevin L., Duncan, Dwight L., Johnston, William M., O’Donnell, Louise, Roth, Mark C., Walker, Stewart. 2019-09-29. Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) Thermal Protection System (TPS). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190031964
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