2015年5月21日
Silica Aerogel for Capturing Intact Interplanetary Dust Particles for the Tanpopo Experimwentning particles shot from a two-stage Light-gas gun into an aerogel
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- 45
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- 1-2
- 開始ページ
- 225
- 終了ページ
- 229
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
- 出版者・発行元
- Springer Science
In this paper, we report the progress in developing a silica-aerogel-based cosmic dust capture panel for use in the Tanpopo experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). Previous studies revealed that ultralow-density silica aerogel tiles, comprising two layers with densities of 0.01 and 0.03 g/cm3 developed using our production technique, were suitable for achieving the scientific objectives of the astrobiological mission. A special density configuration (i.e., box framing) aerogel with a holder was designed to construct the capture panels. Qualification tests for an engineering model of the capture panel as an instrument aboard the ISS were successful. Sixty box-framing aerogel tiles were manufactured in a contamination-controlled environment.