National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters / NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / NASA’s Langley Research Center / Wallops Flight Facility / NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility / /
IndustryTerm
Ground-based radar systems / radar tracking systems / nitrogen gas system / deceleration devices / launch site / instrument core containing electronics / nitrogen gas / inert nitrogen gas / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Wallops Island / Delmarva Peninsula / Virginia coast / /
Organization
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics / NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA’s Langley Research Center / IRVE mission / /
Person
James Pittman / Sean Smith / Jack Vieira / Mary Beth Wusk / Jay Scott / Neil Cheatwood / Lesa B. Roe / Keith Koehler / Kathy Barnstorff / Beth Dickey / / /
Position
Governor / scientist and principal investigator / principal investigator / forward for re-entry / vehicle mission manager / range project manager / associate administrator for aeronautics research / mission project manager / center director / /
Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment “A WIND TUNNEL IN THE SKY” NASA’s Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment, or IRVE, is a mission designed to demonstrate that an inflatable structure can be used as a heat shie