Fogging of polycarbonate spacesuit helmets is detrimental to astronaut safety and to mission success. Currently used anti-fogging methods are temporary and require the reapplication of a coating before each use. These temporary solutions have been shown to delaminate during use and have led to eye irritation and temporary blindness during spacewalks. Potential permanent solutions NASA has previously tested lack in durability and are prone to coating damage and delamination during cleaning. Lynntech is leveraging its experience with coating development to fabricate an anti-fog coating with the durability necessary for permanent use, to be applied to polycarbonate. In this SBIR Phase I project, Lynntech has demonstrated the proof of concept by applying our coating to flat polycarbonate and characterized the durability of its anti-fogging properties. Toward this end, Lynntech has developed a breath simulating testbed, exposing coatings to conditions they would experience on the interior of a spacesuit helmet during use. Additionally, Lynntech is developing an application method to uniformly deposit their coating on non-planar objects, such as a prototype spacesuit helmet.


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    Title :

    Permanent, Transparent Anti-Fog Coating for Spacesuit Helmet


    Contributors:
    N. Hawthorne (author) / M. Jungman (author) / K. Fugle (author) / L. C. Gomez (author) / J. Miller (author) / M. Waje (author)

    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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