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2. Vectran - Wikipedia

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   It is used as one of the layers in the softgoods structure of NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit) designed and manufactured by ILC Dover and was the fabric used for all of the airbag landings on Mars: Mars Pathfinder in 1997 [3] and on the twin Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity missions in 2004, also designed and ...

3. Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment - Wikipedia

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   Cross-section of layers in space suit construction. An (Integrated) Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment (TMG or ITMG) is the outer layer of a space suit.The TMG has three functions: to insulate the suit occupant and prevent heat loss, to shield the occupant from harmful solar radiation, and to protect the astronaut from micrometeoroids and other orbital debris, which could puncture the suit and ...

4. Materials International Space Station Experiment - Wikipedia

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   The hostile environment of space limits the useful life of coatings. New coatings, which are expected to be much more stable in space and therefore have longer useful lives, will be tested. MISSE will also address a major problem for a crewed exploration of Mars: shielding the crew from the very energetic cosmic rays found in interplanetary ...

5. Mars Helicopter Carried Fabric From Wright Brothers' Flyer - AOL

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   Below the rotors, engineers had placed a souvenir from another first: a stamp-sized piece of fabric from the Wright Flyer, which made the first successful heavier-than-air powered flight in 1903.

6. Mars astronaut radiation shield set for moon mission trial - AOL

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7. Mars habitat - Wikipedia

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   A Mars habitat is a hypothetical place where humans could live on Mars. [2] [3] Mars habitats would have to contend with surface conditions that include almost no oxygen in the air, extreme cold, low pressure, and high radiation. [4] Alternatively, the habitat might be placed underground, which helps solve some problems but creates new ...