Analyses of the MISSE PEACE Polymers international space station environmental exposure experiment

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 616, 2006, Pages

  De Groh, Kim K ^a   Banks, Bruce A ^a   McCarthy, Catherine E ^b   Rucker, Rochelle N ^b   Roberts, Lily M ^b   Berger, Lauren A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Hathaway Brown School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; MATERIALS TESTING; ORBITS; POLYMERS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; FLIGHT SAMPLE FABRICATION; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 33845740239     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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