Sponsored by NASA s Office of Commercial Programs (OCP), the CONCAP II payload is developed by Consortium for Materials Development in Space (CMDS), a NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space (CCDS) based at the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH). The CONCAP II payload, currently manifested for STS-46 in July 1992, further develops the scientific and technological foundations for materials processing in space. It is a small self-contained payload mounted on the starboard side of payload Bay 13. CONCAP II is designed to study the changes that materials undergo in low-Earth orbit (LEO). This payload involves two types of experiments to study the surface reactions resulting from exposing materials to the atomic oxygen flow experienced by the Space Shuttle in orbit. The first experiment is High Temperature Superconductors (ITS) which will produce thin films with improved properties. Secondly, the Atomic Oxygen (AO) experiment will enable the enhanced prediction of materials degradation on spacecraft and solar power systems. The enclosed Mission Operation Report provides a brief description of the CONCAP II activities on STS-46.


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    Titel :

    Consortium for Materials Development in Space Complex Autonomous Payload II-01 (CONCAP II) Activities on STS-46


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1992


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch