In this 6:03 video, students learn from the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) Team how NASA plans to use inflatable heat-shield technology to explore new worlds. The video discusses the benefits of inflatable heat shields compared to current rigid heat-shield technology and how that technology might be used in future missions, including sending astronauts to Mars. It explains the ways scientist test designs.
Earth and Space Science
MULTIMEDIA MODULE
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade