The design of a solar sail space vehicle with a novel sail deployment mechanism is described. The sail is triangular in shape and is deployed and stabilized by three miniature spacecraft, one at each corner of the triangle. A concept demonstrator for a spherical microrover for the exploration of a planetary surface is described. Lastly, laboratory experiments have been conducted to study the migration of thin oil films on metal surfaces in the presence of a thermal gradient.


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    Title :

    Space hardware designs, volume 1


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    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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