Download or read book Hypervelocity Impact (Hvi). Volume 1; General Introduction written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This volume contains an executive summary, overview of the method, brief descriptions of all targets, and highlights of results and conclusions. Gorman, Michael R. and Ziola, Steven M. Langley Research Center NASA/CR-2007-214885/VOL1