Book Description

The Materials Contamination Team of the Environmental Effects Group, Materials, Processes, and Manufacturing Department, has been recognized for its contribution to space flight, including space transportation, space science and flight projects, such as the reusable solid rocket motor, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the International Space Station. The Materials Contamination Team s realm of responsibility encompasses all phases of hardware development including design, manufacturing, assembly, test, transportation, launch-site processing, on-orbit exposure, return, and refurbishment if required. Contamination is a concern in the Space Shuttle with sensitivity bondlines and reactive fluid (liquid oxygen) compatibility as well as for sensitive optics, particularly spacecraft such as Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The Materials Contamination Team has a variety of facilities and instrumentation capable of contaminant detection identification, and monitoring. The team addresses material applications dealing with environments, including production facilities, clean rooms, and on-orbit exposure. The team of engineers and technicians also develop and evaluates new surface cleanliness inspection technologies. Databases are maintained by the team for proces! materials as well as outgassing and optical compatibility test results for specific environments.Burns, H. D. and Finckenor, M. M. and Boothe, R. E. and Albyn, K. C. and Finchum, C. A.Marshall Space Flight CenterCONTAMINATION; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; NASA SPACE PROGRAMS; MATERIALS TESTS; PARTICULATES; CLEAN ROOMS; ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; OUTGASSING; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION