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Record 1 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) was designed and built by the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center (SVEC), a NASA Commercial Space Center, ... for the development of space-based manufacturing of thin film materials. The WSF is a 12-foot diameter stainless disk-shaped platform launched from the Space Shuttle that creates a unique ultra vacuum environment in its wake, with a combination of pumping speeds and vacuum levels thousands of times better than the best vacuum chambers on earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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