Mechanical properties degradation of TEFLON® FEP returned from the hubble space telescope

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Dever, Joyce A ^a   de Groh, Kim K ^a   Townsend, Jacqueline A ^b   Wang, L Len ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CRACKS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES TESTING; MULTI-LAYER INSULATION; OUTER SURFACE; RADIATOR SURFACE; SERVICING MISSIONS; SOLAR EXPOSURE; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 84983151007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Zuby, T. M., de Groh, K. K, Smith, D. C., "Degradation of FEP Thermal Control Materials Returned from the Hubble Space Telescope," NASA Technical Memorandum 104627, December 1995.
2. Milintchouk, A., VanEesbeek, M., Levadou, F., "Soft X-ray Radiation as a Factor in the Degradation of Spacecraft Materials," Presented at the Third International Space Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 1996.
3. th International Symposium on Materials in a Space Environment, Toulouse, France, June 1997, NASA Technical Memorandum 113153, November 1997.
4. NASA Memorandum from M. Viens to J. Townsend, "Strength Testing of HST MLI Material," dated May 1997.