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Samantha Mathewson

FOUND: How do you keep reusable spacecraft cool during reentry make them sweat - What They Never Told You

The heat shield for NASA's Orion crew capsule is very large but of a traditional design. .

An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during reentry to Earth's atmosphere, allowing them to land ready for another flight.

A research team from Texas A&M University has partnered with Canopy Aerospace to develop and test a 3D-printed material that releases or "sweats" a coolant gas to protect spacecraft from the intense heat encountered when travelling back to Earth at high speeds.

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