Variations with the solar cycle of chemical composition, density and temperature of the orbital environment of the Space Shuttle are reviewed; micrometeoroid fluxes, ionizing radiation, photon fluxes and cosmic ray bombardment to which the Shuttle will be subjected are also mentioned. In addition, gases arising from offgassing and outgassing of contaminants (at about 300 K) from the Shuttle are considered, and particulates ejected during rocket firings or from the leakage of pressurized vessels (i.e., the cabin) are taken into account.
Space Shuttle's orbital environment
1977-12-01
Miscellaneous
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English
System for Orbital Recovery of Space Shuttle's External Tank
Online Contents | 1994
|The Space Shuttle's far ultraviolet environment
AIAA | 1985
|The Space Shuttle's testing gauntlet
NTRS | 1976
|Planning Space Shuttle's maiden voyage
NTRS | 1979
|Planning Space Shuttle's maiden voyage
Tema Archive | 1979
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