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Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Materials International Space Station Experiment
Full Description:
Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester works with the the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) during extravehicular activity (EVA). MISSE would expose 750 material samples for about 18 months and collect information on how different materials weather the space environment The objective of MISSE is to develop early, low-cost, non-intrusive opportunities to conduct critical space exposure tests of space materials and components plarned for use on future spacecraft. The experiment was the first externally mounted experiment conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) and was installed on the outside of the ISS Quest Airlock. MISSE was launched on August 10, 2001 aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery.
Date of Image:
2001-08-18
Category:
International Space Station (ISS)
term:
STS-105
term:
Materials International Space Station Experiment
term:
MISSE
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
August 10, 2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0201584
NIX #:
MSFC-0201584
MSFC Negative Number:
0201584
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0201584
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