Hypervelocity Impact (Hvi). Volume 2; Wle Small-Scale Fiberglass Panel Flat Multi-Layer Targets A-1, A-2, and B-1

During 2003 and 2004, the Johnson Space Center's White Sands Testing Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico conducted hypervelocity impact tests on the space shuttle wing leading edge. Hypervelocity impact tests were conducted to determine if Micro-Meteoroid/Orbital Debris impacts could be reliably detected and located using simple passive ultrasonic methods. The objective of Targets A-1, A-2, and B-2 was to study hypervelocity impacts through multi-layered panels simulating Whipple shields on spacecraft. Impact damage was detected using lightweight, low power instrumentation capable of being used in flight. Gorman, Michael R. and Ziola, Steven M. Langley Research Center HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT; GLASS FIBERS; PANELS; LEADING EDGES; SIMULATION; WINGS; TARGETS; IMPACT TESTS; SPACE DEBRIS; DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; METEORITE COLLISIONS; WAVEFORMS; KINETIC ENERGY; LINEARITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; TEST FACILITIES