main types of atmospheric entry: uncontrolled entry, such as the entry of astronomical objects, space debris, or bolides; and controlled entry (or reentry)...

Non-ballistic atmospheric entry is a class of atmospheric entry trajectories that follow a non-ballistic trajectory by employing aerodynamic lift in the...

Mars atmospheric entry is the entry into the atmosphere of Mars. High velocity entry into Martian air creates a CO2-N2 plasma, as opposed to O2-N2 for...

functional. For bodies with atmospheres, the landing occurs after atmospheric entry. In these cases, landers may employ parachutes to slow them down enough...

occurrence of a repeated musical theme, especially in a fugue Atmospheric entry Royal entry, a procession of a ruler or his/her representative into a city...

detonated at Hiroshima. The object approached Earth undetected before its atmospheric entry, in part because its radiant (source direction) was close to the Sun...

High Energy Transient Explorer 1 (HETE-1) was a NASA astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The concept of...

and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere. Air composition, temperature and atmospheric pressure vary with altitude. Within the atmosphere, air suitable for...

remain attached to the atmospheric probe until 30 minutes prior to atmospheric entry. The 17 kg (37 lb) cone-shaped atmospheric probe measures just 40 cm...

incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Re-Entry: DART Autonomous Rendezvous Demonstrator meets its fiery End". Spaceflight...

Orbital spacecraft initiate a deorbit burn and orient themselves for atmospheric entry. The Boeing Starliner and Orion discard their service modules, including...

chemical or nuclear explosives. Rather, at a critical moment in its atmospheric entry the enormous ram pressure experienced by the leading face of the meteoroid...

Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard...

The Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe is a mission concept study for a robotic spacecraft to deliver a single probe into Saturn to study its atmosphere....

(neural circuitry) in neuroscience Re-entry, or reentrant dysrhythmia, a type of cardiac arrhythmia Atmospheric entry, the movement of human-made or natural...

the effects of frictional heating, unpredictable turbulence effects, atmospheric composition, and temperature. Aerobraking done this way allows sufficient...

the Venusian atmosphere at a shallow entry angle and transmit data until destruction by the heat of atmospheric friction. The objective was to study the...

SpaceNews. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021. Venus In Situ Atmospheric and Geochemical Explorer (VISAGE): A Proposed New Frontiers Mission....

When Columbia reentered the atmosphere of Earth, the damage allowed hot atmospheric gases to penetrate the heat shield and destroy the internal wing structure...

and main engine at 05:08 UTC, lasting a little over 22 minutes. The atmospheric entry at the altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi) occurred at 05:44 UTC near...

vehicle Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle Non-ballistic atmospheric entry "Hypersonic missiles, evolution or revolution", Naval news, November...

impacting body), though atmospheres mitigate many surface impacts through atmospheric entry. Impact craters and structures are dominant landforms on many of the...

enhances its protection against UV radiation. Atmospheric entry – The final stage of lithopanspermia, is re-entry onto a viable planet via its atmosphere....

photolysis produces O and O2. The oxygen atom product combines with atmospheric molecular oxygen to reform O3, releasing heat. The rapid photolysis and...

they included a cruise "bus" and a spherical atmospheric entry probe. The probes were optimised for atmospheric measurements, but not equipped with any special...

On 18 May 2024, a fragment of a comet was spotted in the sky 60km above Spain and Portugal. The comet was estimated to have been traveling at 162,000 kilometers...

increases. Hypersonic glide vehicle Supersonic transport Lifting body Atmospheric entry Hypersonic flight DARPA Falcon Project Reaction Engines Skylon (design...

vehicle from pressure, heat, and possible debris created by drag during atmospheric entry. Its main components consist of a heat shield (the forebody) and a...

coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites...

descending "under parachute" following atmospheric entry from space, may occur only after the hypersonic entry phase and initial deceleration that occurs...