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SCIFLI’s mission is to collect visual
infrared and spectral data on spaceflight

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vehicles, including the Osiris-rex sample
return capsule on its return to Earth.

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This gives engineers and scientists
unique insight

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into our most challenging questions
about hypersonic fluid dynamics

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by providing data critical
to flight safety systems.

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The scientifically calibrated in-flight
imagery team uses ground based sensors

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and instruments flying on various aircraft
to image asteroid sample returns.

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Launch abort systems.

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Parachute tests, rocket
launches and capsule returns,

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including Artemis 1, on both launch and reentry.

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The data we capture provides engineers
with information on vehicle performance

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relative to what computational tools
and wind tunnel testing.

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It takes extensive
planning to get it right.

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Upon its return to the asteroid belt,
the Osiris-rex capsule will be traveling

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at 12 kilometers per second,
or about 27,000 miles per hour.

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That's nearly twice as fast as objects
coming back to low-Earth orbit,

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and it will be among

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the four fastest human made objects
ever to fly in Earth's atmosphere.

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In partnership with the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency,

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Rocket Technologies International
and universities in Australia and Germany,

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SCIFLI is coordinating three ground
stations and four aircraft to collect data

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on the sample return
capsule, factory heat shield performance

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and the plasma environment
surrounding the capsule.

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As it speaks to the surface,
all of which will help

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NASA understand its performance
and help future planetary entry missions succeed.