STED provides engineering support for the Orion and SLS Programs in the following areas:
- Aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics database development utilizing wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Define vehicle controllability requirements and provide independent verification of control laws for Launch Abort Modes and for Crew Module entry
- Heat Shield structures testing and analysis
- Loads & Dynamics
- Payload Fairing and Universal Stage Adapter
- Landing impact dynamics testing and analysis
- Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI)
STED provides engineering datasets to help investigators understand the behavior of vehicles under extreme conditions. Capabilities include the following:
- High-resolution high-speed imaging
- Calibrated thermal imaging
- Hyperspectral imaging
- Ground-based, air-based, and sea-based imaging platforms
