Meteoroid atmospheric entry is a multifaceted phenomenon wherein small celestial objects, upon encountering Earth’s atmosphere at high velocities, experience rapid heating that leads to ablation, ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign watched fragments of two meteors as they ramped up the heat from room temperature to the temperature it reaches as it enters Earth’s ...

The study of atmospheric dynamics intertwined with micrometeorite research has emerged as a pivotal field, merging planetary science with Earth’s upper atmospheric physics. Investigations reveal that ...

Abstract: The Kentucky Re-entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) provides a quick-turnaround, low-cost platform to conduct atmospheric entry experiments. KRUPS is designed to test multiple types of ...

Abstract: The design of next-generation, high-speed flight vehicles requires a combination of robust flow simulations and low-uncertainty ground test data. Although high-fidelity modeling advancements ...

OKSI's SAMI Mounted to NASA's WB-57 Aircraft Ahead of the Artemis I Moon Mission In partnership with NASA and their SCIFLI (Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery) team, OKSI will once again ...

The Artemis 1 mission is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the hard part is over. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft, currently on its way home from the Moon, must still survive a harrowing reentry ...