Space Dust May Not Be So Icy

Old space dust

Nature ◽

10.1038/299844a0 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 299 (5886) ◽

pp. 844-844

Author(s):

David W. Hughes

Keyword(s):

Space Dust

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Characterization of space dust using acoustic impact detection

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ◽

10.1121/1.4960782 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 140 (2) ◽

pp. 1429-1438 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert D. Corsaro ◽

Frank Giovane ◽

Jer-Chyi Liou ◽

Mark J. Burchell ◽

Michael J. Cole ◽

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Keyword(s):

Impact Detection ◽

Acoustic Impact ◽

Space Dust

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What space dust could tell us about Earth’s past

TheScienceBreaker ◽

10.25250/thescbr.brk445 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 07 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Payne

Keyword(s):

Space Dust

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The Space Dust That Causes Zodiacal Light Might Come from Mars

Eos ◽

10.1029/2021eo153070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Stanley

Keyword(s):

Zodiacal Light ◽

Space Dust

Serendipitous observations by the Juno spacecraft while it was en route to Jupiter suggest a Martian source for the dust, but how the dust escapes Mars or its moons remains unknown.

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Measuring contamination levels in external induced atmosphere of Russian orbital stations and the Russian Segment of the International Space Station

Space engineering and technology ◽

10.33950/spacetech-2308-7625-2021-2-119-127 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 119-127

Author(s):

Vladimir K. DUSHIN ◽

Andrey N. KRYLOV ◽

Aleksandr Yu. SKOROVAROV

Keyword(s):

International Space Station ◽

Atmospheric Aerosols ◽

Quartz Crystal ◽

Space Station ◽

Thermal Conditions ◽

Dust Particles ◽

International Space ◽

Contamination Levels ◽

Space Dust ◽

State Of The Environment

In view of the increasing number of science experiments being carried out in the Russian Segment of the International Space Station, there is a growing interest in the state of the environment where they are conducted, especially, in the contaminating effects of the external induced atmosphere. Sources of the induced atmosphere contamination are the off-gassing of non-metallic materials of the outer coatings, firings of control system thrusters and exhausts of various venting systems, as well as dust particles remaining on the external surfaces after launch from Earth, atmospheric aerosols and space dust. The paper presents results of measurements of molecular depositions on the sensors of quartz crystal microbalances that were used for evaluating contamination in the induced atmosphere of the first Soviet orbital stations Salyut-7 and Mir, as well as modules Pirs and Poisk of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station. The results of the experiments show a significant effect of lighting and thermal conditions of the contamination source and the quartz microbalance sensor on the measurement results. Key words: contamination, quartz crystal microbalance, orbital, external induced atmosphere.

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