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How does the ISS not get hit by meteors?

Orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) appears to glide through empty space, but ...

What is the thermal protection system for reentry vehicles?

Reentry into Earth's atmosphere subjects any returning spacecraft—whether a crew capsule or an uncrewed probe—to an envi...

What protective layer surrounds a rocket during reentry?

The fiery descent of a spacecraft back to Earth is one of the most dramatic and technically challenging phases of any sp...