{"id":776379,"date":"2024-02-11T04:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T09:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776379"},"modified":"2024-02-11T04:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T09:04:52","slug":"spacex-aims-to-let-astronauts-avoid-a-radio-blackout-during-re-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776379","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX aims to let astronauts avoid a radio blackout during re-entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Artist\u2019s impression of the uncrewed Orion capsule re-entering Earth\u2019s atmosphere. The real thing returned safely to Earth in 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">NASA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is about to test a system aimed at overcoming the communications blackout that happens when a spacecraft re-enters Earth\u2019s atmosphere from orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every spacecraft that has returned to Earth has suffered a break in communications during re-entry as the atmosphere slows it down. The same friction that decelerates the spacecraft also heats the air below the craft until it ionises into a glowing, conductive plasma. This quickly forms a\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2416363-spacex-aims-to-let-astronauts-avoid-a-radio-blackout-during-re-entry\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=space&#038;rand=772163\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist\u2019s impression of the uncrewed Orion capsule re-entering Earth\u2019s atmosphere. The real thing returned safely to Earth in 2022 NASA SpaceX is about to test a system aimed at overcoming&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":776380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-scientist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=776379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/776380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=776379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=776379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=776379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}