heat shield
noun
: a barrier of ablative material to protect a space capsule from heat on its entry into an atmosphere
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Ship then made its own return to Earth, surviving the intense heat of reentry despite the selective heat shield tile-stripping.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Starship's flight path SpaceX plans to use the flight test to gather data to inform the design of the next iteration of its lower-stage rocket booster, known as Super Heavy, while stress-testing the upper-stage vehicle's heat shield.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
This allows companies to test the durability of critical components like heat shields and other advanced materials for the aerospace and defense industries.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Starship's flight path SpaceX plans to use the flight test to gather data to inform the design of the next iteration of its lower-stage rocket booster, known as Super Heavy, while stress-testing the upper-stage vehicle's heat shield.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
This allows companies to test the durability of critical components like heat shields and other advanced materials for the aerospace and defense industries.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Heat shield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20shield. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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