Applicability and Utility of the Astromaterials X-Ray Computed Tomography Laboratory at Johnson Space CenterThe Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center is responsible for curating all of NASA’s astromaterial sample collections (i.e. Apollo samples, Luna Samples, Antarctic Meteorites, Cosmic Dust Particles, Microparticle Impact Collection, Genesis solar wind atoms, Stardust comet Wild-2 particles, Stardust interstellar particles, and Hayabusa asteroid Itokawa particles) [1-3]. To assist in sample curation and distribution, JSC Curation has recently installed an X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scanner to visualize and characterize samples in 3D. [3] describes the instrumental set-up and the utility of XCT to astromaterials curation. Here we describe some of the current and future projects and illustrate the usefulness of XCT in studying astromaterials.
Document ID
20200001908
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Eckley, S. A. (Jacobs Engineering Group Houston, TX, United States)
Zeigler, R. A. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
McCubbin, F. M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Needham, A. W. (Jacobs Engineering Group Houston, TX, United States)
Fries, M. D. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Gross, J. (Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ, United States)