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Articles tagged: Kapton

  • Hubble Space Telescope, Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM), Kapton, Optical Telescope Element (OTE), The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) 28 March 2018 Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again

    ...-layered sunshield, which acts like a giant parasol, is the size of a tennis court. Made from a material known as Kapton, the polyamide film has a high heat-resistance and is designed to protect the telescope from external sources...

    • Hubble Space Telescope
    • Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM)
    • Kapton
    • Optical Telescope Element (OTE)
    • The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
  • Hubble, infrared space telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, JWST May 2022 Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope

    ... five-layer tennis-court-sized sunshield made of modified Kapton, the film that gave the lunar module its iconic golden colour.... Added to the Kapton is highly reflective aluminium and silicon, excellent at radiating away...

    • Hubble
    • infrared space telescope
    • James Webb Space Telescope
    • JWST
    Authors: Jenifer Millard    
  • astronaut spacesuit, NASA seamstress, NASA textile technician, technical textiles May 2024 Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages

    ... and polymer materials: nylon, neoprene-coated nylon, vinyl tubing, Lycra, Nomex, nylon coil, Mylar, Dacron, Kapton, Teflon and Teflon-coated glass fibre. The ultramodern suits were also soft and flexible to allow...

    • astronaut spacesuit
    • NASA seamstress
    • NASA textile technician
    • technical textiles
    Authors: Harikleia Sirmans    

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