In the HIFiRE 5 flight experiment, four ceramic fins were installed, and their heating during flight and the condition of their sharp leading edges after the mission were investigated. The promising ...

High heating environments require an appropriate thermal protection system. In spaceflight, the challenge is to protect the spacecraft from overheating on its return to Earth during the atmospheric ...

In strawberry, surface disorders like ‘water soaking’, ‘cracking’ and ‘shrivel’ impair fruit quality of this high value crop. Water movement through the fruit surface is implicated a role in these ...