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NASA Sends Experimental Heat Shields Into Reentry Test
Key Takeaways
- KREPE-3 uses a departing cargo spacecraft to test experimental thermal-protection materials.
- Twelve capsules carry sensors for temperature, pressure, motion, magnetic field and light.
- NASA says the data may inform future Moon and Mars return technologies.
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DT Editorial Team··via phys.org