Meurisse and colleagues tested sintered lunar regolith simulant for shielding against neutron radiation.
As reported in: Meurisse, Cazzaniga, Frost et al. (2020). Neutron radiation shielding with sintered lunar regolith. Radiation Measurements. doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106247
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Narici and colleagues measured how Kevlar and polyethylene shielding performed aboard the International Space Station.
As reported in: Narici, Casolino, Di Fino et al. (2017). Performances of Kevlar and Polyethylene as radiation shielding on-board the International Space Station in high latitude radiation environment. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01707-2
Tsou and colleagues described the Stardust mission plan to catch comet and interstellar dust in aerogel.
Built / tested: Stardust aerogel collector
As reported in: Tsou, Brownlee, Sandford et al. (2003). Wild 2 and interstellar sample collection and Earth return. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. doi:10.1029/2003JE002109
Measured the elastic and piezoelectric constants of alpha-quartz.
As reported in: Bechmann (1958). Elastic and Piezoelectric Constants of Alpha-Quartz. Physical Review. doi:10.1103/physrev.110.1060
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