heat shield
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Streaks cover its heat shield, an indicator of the heat and forces that ripped across it as the vehicle powered back to Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
It is expected to provide valuable information to the company’s engineers, giving them a chance to review in detail how its heat shield performed during re-entry from space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The approximately one-hour flight also tested upgrades to the mammoth ship's heat shield.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
During its suborbital cruise phase, Starship successfully released its payload of 20 mock Starlink satellites, along with two satellites that scanned its heat shield and sent data back to the ground during the its descent.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Our heat shield was forward and our heads were pointed down toward the earth.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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