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A Testbed for Testing Materials Properties in Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Geoffrey A. Landis ,
Sheila G. Bailey  and
Andrew Sextont
Geoffrey A. Landis
Affiliation:
Ohio Aerospace Institute, NASA Lewis Research Center mailstop 302-1, Cleveland, OH 44135
Sheila G. Bailey
Affiliation:
NASA Lewis Research Center, Photovoltaics Branch, mailstop 302-1, Cleveland, OH 44135
Andrew Sextont
Affiliation:
Dynacs, Inc., 2001 Aerospace Parkway, Brook Park, OH 44142
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Abstract

The Photovoltaic Engineering Testbed (PET) is a facility to fly on the International Space Station to test advanced solar cell types in the space environment. The purpose is to reduce the cost of validating new technologies and bringing them to spaceflight readiness by measuring them in the in-space environment. The facility is scheduled to be launched in 2002.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 551: Symposium JJ – Materials in Space-Science, Technology & Exploration , 1998 , 79
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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References

1 Landis, G. and Bailey, S., “Photovoltaic Engineering Testbed on the International Space Station,” presented at the 2nd World Conf. on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Vienna, Austria, July 1998 (Proceedings in press).Google Scholar
2 Landis, G. and Sexton, A., “An Engineering Research Testbed for Photovoltaics,” to be presented, STAIF Conference on Space Station Utilization, Albuquerque NM, Jan. 1999.Google Scholar