Micrometeorite shields
Samples Returned From Mars Will be Protected by a Micrometeorite Shield
NASA engineers are developing and testing a shielding system to protect the Mars Sample Return mission from micormeterites and space…
2 years ago
Space Station Drama After Vital Micrometeorite Shielding Floats Away
This week, astronauts conducting a spacewalk had to perform an impromptu patch-up job when one of the ISS' shields broke…
8 years ago
Shields Up! ISS Spacewalkers Install New Micrometeorite Shields
International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed the first spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission…
12 years ago