page_title: Whipple shield
hierarchical_section_title: Whipple shield
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of the Whipple Shield used on NASA's Stardust probe
context_page_description: The Whipple shield or Whipple bumper, invented by Fred Whipple, is a type of hypervelocity impact shield used to protect crewed and uncrewed spacecraft from collisions with micrometeoroids and orbital debris whose velocities generally range between 3 and 18 kilometres per second.
context_section_description: The Whipple shield or Whipple bumper, invented by Fred Whipple, is a type of hypervelocity impact shield used to protect crewed and uncrewed spacecraft from collisions with micrometeoroids and orbital debris whose velocities generally range between 3 and 18 kilometres per second (1.9 and 11.2 mi/s).
caption: Whipple shield used on NASA's Stardust probe
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