How to Use heat shield in a Sentence

heat shield

noun

• This area of the heat shield has been made more robust.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2020
• Neither form would have worked as a heat shield from the past.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
• The heat shield is a critical piece of hardware, and is the chief way to slow the probe down.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 23 Nov. 2018
• The turbine’s jet wash erupts over the banquet-pan heat shield.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2020
• As seen in the inset, the probe's heat shield is pointing toward the Sun.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2021
• Then comes the return trip that will ensure the new heat shield is up to snuff.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
• Tip o' the heat shield to Dan Durda for tipping me off to the picture.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
• And in 2014, a test version of the craft was sent into Earth orbit to test its heat shields.
  — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, 2 July 2019
• For the mission's planners, the heat shield is the biggest concern.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2022
• But a thick heat shield will keep Behnken and Hurley safe inside.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Aug. 2020
• Using a heat shield and the Earth's atmosphere to slow down is free—and no one wants to turn down free.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022
• When down, the roof is stored in a compartment with heat shields to protect it from the engine's heat.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
• There had been space capsules with heat shields for re-entry.
  — Oliver Morton, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• The heat shield between the LP tank and chassis muffler was not installed.
  — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2021
• The impact could have caused the capsule to tumble, or damaged its heat shield.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• But not everything on the Parker will be behind the heat shield.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2018
• Fans would also be installed in the cab of package cars, and newer cars and vans would get heat shields, the union said.
  — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• The heat shield on top prevents that heat from melting your carpet, or, even worse, your Manolo Blaniks.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
• The heat shield was dumped at a lower altitude, and the parachute and the top piece were discarded.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 May 2021
• The lunar module, their lifeboat, had no heat shield and would be useless in re-entry.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Apr. 2020
• The heat shield will be mounted inside the cargo spacecraft (along with trash from the ISS), and the whole thing will burn up in the atmosphere.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 9 Aug. 2021
• One idea, Vice said, is to add an inflatable heat shield to try to get the cargo module back to the ground intact.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
• The two spacecraft could’ve even bumped into each other, in which case the impact could have damaged the heat shield.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2020
• The base absorbed most of the heat, so researchers designed a heat shield that boiled away as the capsule shot through the atmosphere.
  — Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
• Plus, the slightest flaw in a spacecraft’s heat shield can spell disaster.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
• After the parachute deploys, the heat shield will detach.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 July 2020
• The heat shield can’t tilt more than one degree in any direction without risking damage to the rest of the craft.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
• One of the biggest trials for Orion may be testing its heat shield, the largest one ever built.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022
• The most significant issue has to do with Orion’s heat shield.
  — Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
• The crew, however, should have remained at comfortable temperatures, protected by the Crew Dragon’s heat shield, which is located on the bottom of the 13-foot-wide (4-meter-wide) capsule.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024