Examples of heat shield in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The heat shield was dumped at a lower altitude, and the parachute and the top piece were discarded. — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 May 2021 Protected by a high-tech heat shield, the Crew Dragon slammed into the discernible atmosphere around 2:45 a.m., rapidly decelerating in a blaze of atmospheric friction. — William Harwood, CBS News, 3 May 2021 The spacecraft's abort system was upgraded, enabling on-pad emergency escape in higher winds, new parachutes were installed and a new heat shield was attached. — William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2021 Since President Reagan, every new administration has lost at least one confirmation fight, and whether by design or happenstance, Tanden’s nomination has served as something of a heat shield for other Biden choices. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021 The back shell and parachute separate after the heat shield is discarded -- that will happen when the spacecraft is 1.3 miles above the Martian surface. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021 All that resistance, however, acted as a powerful brake, and three minutes after peak heating, the speed of the ship was reduced to 1,609 kph, slow enough for the heat shield to be jettisoned and a parachute to deploy. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Feb. 2021 The turbocharger heat shield may fail and detach from the vehicle. — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021 The wind will pick up as Perseverance sheds its protective heat shield and soars through the Martian atmosphere. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Feb. 2021

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