Scientists and engineers have developed advanced materials for manned spacecraft and satellites for a range of sophisticated applications in space exploration, transportation, global positioning and communication. The materials used on the exterior of spacecraft are subjected to many environmental threats that can degrade many materials and components. These threats include vacuum, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, charged particle (ionizing) radiation, plasma, surface charging and arcing, temperature extremes, thermal cycling, impacts from micrometeoroids and orbital debris (MMOD), and environment‑induced contamination.


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    Title :

    Researcher's Guide to International Space Station: Space Environmental Effects


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2015


    Size :

    40 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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