The gaseous environment around the Shuttle was evaluated by several instruments flown on many Shuttle flights. The major contaminant turned out to be water vapor. The rear thrusters are a major transitory source of water, N2 and/or CO, and possibly NO. Since effluent fluxes are scattered from the atmosphere into instrument faces, the angle of attack is an important variable in the flux levels.
The Shuttle induced background - Gaseous constituents
Advances in Space Research ; 7 , 5, 19
1987-01-01
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The shuttle induced background: Gaseous constituents
Elsevier | 1987
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AIAA | 1983
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