Sentence examples for the heat shield from inspiring English sources

The heat shield was jettisoned.

Instruments on the heat shield flashed up error messages.

It was the retro-pack, not the heat shield, thank goodness.

If he got it right, failure of the heat shield might well produce the same outcome.

Then the heat shield will pop off so that the radar can find the landing site in Gale Crater.

10 31: The heat shield has been jettisoned, the parachute cut loose, the Sky Crane's thrusters ignited.

The retro-pack should keep the heat shield in place and prevent serious damage to the capsule.

The astronauts will spend Saturday inspecting the heat shield and are to dock at the space station on Sunday.

A faulty switch onboard also relayed the inaccurate message to mission control that the heat shield had been released.

Ground controllers ordered that a retrorocket unit attached under the heat shield by metal straps not be jettisoned after firing in order to give added protection and reduce the risk of premature detachment of the heat shield.

The friction from the atmosphere chars the capsule and sears the heat shield at temperatures reaching 1600 Celsius.