Material tests in space environment at the orbital space station Mir
Abstract
Material experiments performed in space environment inside and outside the Mir space station by a joint venture Energia Deutschland GmbH are described. A material exposed to the space environment on the outer surface of Mir can be studied in terms of its stability to atomic oxygen, UV radiation, vacuum, temperatures, cosmic radiation, and space debris. Information on safety data, toxicity, flammability of materials used inside and outside the Mir station can be provided. Various Russian facilities and Western facilities attached to MIR (Priroda) may be employed for 'active' experiments.
- Publication:
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Graz International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- October 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993graz.iafcR....H
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Environments;
- Atmospheric Effects;
- Mir Space Station;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Spacecraft Construction Materials;
- Cosmic Rays;
- International Cooperation;
- Oxygen Atoms;
- Radiation Damage;
- Space Debris;
- Astronautics (General)