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Hubble space telescope thermal blanket repair design and implementation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dell, Lawrence Skladany, Joseph Ousley Sr., Wes |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | Substantial damage to the outer layer of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) thermal blankets was observed during the February 1997 servicing mission. After six years in LEO, many areas of the aluminized Teflon(R) outer blanket layer had significant cracks, and some material was peeled away to expose inner layers to solar flux. After the mission, the failure mechanism was determined, and repair materials and priorities were selected for follow-on missions. This paper focuses on the thermal, mechanical, and EVA design requirements for the blanket repair, the creative solutions developed for these unique problems, hardware development, and testing. |
| File Size | 1005148 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Priorities Aluminum Thermal Insulation Extravehicular Activity Cracks Space Missions Low Earth Orbits Failure Analysis Hubble Space Telescope Spacecraft Maintenance Solar Flux Installing Hardware Thermal Analysis Damage Multilayer Insulation Teflon Trademark Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
