Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The gaseous environment around the Shuttle was evaluated by several instruments flown on many Shuttle flights. The major contaminant turned out to be water vapor. The rear thrusters are a major transitory source of water, N2 and/or CO, and possibly NO. Since effluent fluxes are scattered from the atmosphere into instrument faces, the angle of attack is an important variable in the flux levels.
Keywords:
SPACE TRANSPORTATION
Type:
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177); 7; 5, 19
Format:
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