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When a spacecraft re-enters Earth’s atmosphere, it must withstand temperatures of up to 3870°C. Here, inside NASA’s Arc Jet Complex at the Ames Research Centre in California, a heat-shield design is being exposed to these scorching conditions at ground level. NASA uses data from these tests to ensure that its spacecraft can handle the heat – so astronauts don’t have to.