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MICROMETEORITE [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

18. 1 kg of the 43 kg [Pioneer-5] probe mass consisted of five scientific instruments : a radiation proportional counter, an ion chamber, a Geiger-Muller tube, a single coil magnetometer for measuring interplanetary magnetic fields and a micrometeorite counter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

L'instrumentation scientifique [de Mars 1] comportait un dispositif photographique, un spectrographe et un spectroréflexomètre pour étudier l'atmosphère martienne et détecter la présence de matières organiques, un magnétomètre pour mesurer les champs magnétiques de Mars et du milieu interplanétaire, un compteur de micrométéorites et deux détecteurs de radiations, à décharge gazeuse et à scintillation, pour étudier le rayonnement cosmique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

EMU [extravehicular mobility unit] design... attempts to minimize these effects in order to maximize suit flexibility and astronaut mobility.... Joint restraints are quite effective in maintaining a nearly constant joint volume through the most frequently used areas of an astronaut's workspace, and innovative designs such as flat-patterned mobility joints allow easy flexing of joints without substantial twisting, bunching, or stretching of thermal micrometeorite garment(TMG) material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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