Ground Control Monitoring for the Organics Experiment on the EXPOSE-R Facility on the International Space Station
Abstract
The Organics experiment is integrated into the multi-user facility EXPOSER mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). In this experiment organic samples of astronomical interest are exposed for a long duration to the space environment and will remain 24 months on-board the ISS before they are returned to Earth in March 2011. The radiation dose that is collected by the samples during flight exceeds the limits of simulations in the laboratory and the results will greatly enhance our knowledge on the evolution of large molecules in space environments. We describe the experimental components that are being used on the ISS for the exposure experiments and in the laboratory for ground-control measurements and present spectra measured in the UV-Vis range monitoring the ground control samples.
- Publication:
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2010 NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop
- Pub Date:
- May 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011nlaw.confC..39B