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Hot-Air Jets/Ceramic Heat Exchangers/ Materials for Nose Cones and Reentry Vehicles
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Hot-Air Jets/Ceramic Heat Exchangers/ Materials for Nose Cones and Reentry Vehicles

NASA / LRC · 1957-09-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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L57-5383 Hot-air jets employing ceramic heat exchangers played an important role at Langley in the study of materials for ballistic missile nose cones and re-entry vehicles. Here a model is being tested in one of theses jets at 4000 degrees Fahrenheit in 1957. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen. Page 477.

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Credit lineHot-Air Jets/Ceramic Heat Exchangers/ Materials for Nose Cones and Reentry Vehicles. NASA/LRC, 1957-09-07. Public domain. ID: LRC-1957-B701_P-05383.
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