Piazza Knows How to Manage the Heat (EC05-0183-03).jpg

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English: The X-37 advanced technology demonstrator flaperon unit was one of the first ever thermal and mechanical qualification tests of a carbon-carbon control surface designed for space flight. The test also featured extensive use of high-temperature fiber optic strain sensors. Peak temperatures reached 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Edwards Air Force Base; high-temperature strain sensors; NASA AFRC; HIAD; LOFTID; California; Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator; Armstrong Flight Research Center; Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator; X-37; hypersonic transports; NASP; femtosecond laser; Sapphire; re-entry vehicles; Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometers; NASA Armstrong Flight Loads Laboratory; National Aero Space Plane; EFPI; NASA’s Hypersonic Technology project

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Image title	The X-37 advanced technology demonstrator flaperon unit was one of the first ever thermal and mechanical qualification tests of a carbon-carbon control surface designed for space flight. The test also featured extensive use of high-temperature fiber optic strain sensors. Peak temperatures reached 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Keywords	NASA AFRC Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards Air Force Base California NASA’s Hypersonic Technology project high-temperature strain sensors re-entry vehicles hypersonic transports NASA Armstrong Flight Loads Laboratory LOFTID Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator Sapphire NASP National Aero Space Plane X-37 EFPI Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometers femtosecond laser HIAD Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
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