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Materials Testing Activities within ESA in Support of Future Inner Solar System Missions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Christopher O. A. Semprimoschnig ,
Stan Heltzel  and
Marc van Eesbeek
Christopher O. A. Semprimoschnig
Affiliation:
Materials Physics and Chemistry Section European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Stan Heltzel*
Affiliation:
Materials Physics and Chemistry Section European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Marc van Eesbeek*
Affiliation:
Materials Physics and Chemistry Section European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
*
Email: Christopher.Semprimoschnig@esa.int
Email: Christopher.Semprimoschnig@esa.int
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Abstract

In this paper the ESA internal approach regarding the assessment of materials for inner solar system missions is presented. A main part of the work is devoted to the assessment of thermal control materials and space environmental testing at elevated temperature. As these materials are the most exposed it is important to understand how they will interact with the relevant space environment at elevated temperature. Driving parameters for materials degradation are discussed and on-going testing efforts are described. An important input parameter for thermal models is the knowledge of the end of life values for the thermo-optical properties as these determine the equilibrium temperatures. In certain cases end of life testing needs to be done when the uncertainty of extrapolation is too high.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 851: Symposium NN – Materials for Space Applications , 2004 , NN9.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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