MISSE-X: An ISS External Platform for Space Environmental Studies in the Post-Shuttle EraMaterials International Space Station Experiment-X (MISSE-X) is a proposed International Space Station (ISS) external platform for space environmental studies designed to advance the technology readiness of materials and devices critical for future space exploration. The MISSE-X platform will expand ISS utilization by providing experimenters with unprecedented low-cost space access and return on investment (ROI). As a follow-on to the highly successful MISSE series of ISS experiments, MISSE-X will provide advances over the original MISSE configurations including incorporation of plug-and-play experiments that will minimize return mass requirements in the post-Shuttle era, improved active sensing and monitoring of the ISS external environment for better characterization of environmental effects, and expansion of the MISSE-X user community through incorporation of new, customer-desired capabilities. MISSE-X will also foster interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in primary and secondary schools through student collaboration and participation.1,2
Document ID
20110008059
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thibeault, Sheila A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Cooke, Stuart A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Ashe, Melissa P. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Saucillo, Rudolph J. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Murphy, Douglas G. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
deGroh, Kim K. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Jaworske, Donald A. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Nguyen, Quang-Viet (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)