The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) served as the ultimate laboratory to provide combined space environmental effects on materials. The LDEF structure and its 57 experiments contained an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 specimens of materials and materials processes. It not only provided information about the resistance of these materials to the space environment but gives us direction into future needs for spacecraft materials development and testing. This paper provides an overview of the materials effects observed on the satellite and suggests recommendations for the future work in space-qualified materials development and space environmental simulation.
What LDEF Means for Development and Testing of Materials
1993
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Materials Degradation & Fouling , Unmanned Spacecraft , Space Technology , Earth orbital environments , Environmental tests , Long duration exposure facility , Materials tests , Space environment simulation , Spacecraft construction materials , Spaceborne experiments , Durability , Micrometeorites , Service life , Space debris , Spacecraft contamination
What LDEF means for development and testing of materials
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