a NASA-JSC, Houston, TX 77058, USA;b DLR, Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany;c ESA-ESTEC, P.O. Box 299-2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, The Netherlands;d Dassault Aviation, Cedex 300, 92552 St Cloud cedex, France
Abstract:
The characterisation of the aeroshape selected for the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) demonstrator] is presently being performed as a co-operative endeavour between NASA, DLR (through its TETRA Program), and the European Space Agency (ESA) with Dassault Aviation integrating the aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic activities. The methodologies selected for characterizing the aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic environment of the X-38 are presented.