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The Smartly Dressed Spacecraft: Wrapped in Sensor-Rich Electronic Textiles, Space Structures Could Double as Scientific Instruments.
- Source :
- IEEE Spectrum; Dec2021, Vol. 58 Issue 12, p30-37, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This coming february, the Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft will launch from NASA Wallops, in Virginia, on a routine resupply mission to the International Space Station. Amid the many tonnes of standard crew supplies, spacewalk equipment, computer hardware, and research experiments will be one unusual package: a pair of electronic textile swatches embedded with impact and vibration sensors. Soon after the spacecraft's arrival at the ISS, a robotic arm will mount the samples onto the exterior of Alpha Space's Materials ISS Experiment (MISSE) facility, and control-room operators back on Earth will feed power to the samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189235
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Spectrum
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 154075068
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2021.9641758