Window contamination on expose-R

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-45

  Demets, R ^a   Bertrand, M ^b   Bolkhovitinov, A ^a   Bryson, K ^c,d   Colas, C ^e   Cottin, H ^f   Dettmann, J ^a   Ehrenfreund, P ^g   Elsaesser, A ^g   Jaramillo, E ^h   Lebert, M ⁱ   Van Papendrecht, G ^a   Pereira, C ^h   Rohr, T ^a   Saiagh, K ^f   Schuster, M ⁱ  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h RUAG Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

contamination; International Space Station; outgassing; Solar UV; window transparency

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84921446513     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550414000536     Document Type: Article

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