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The Marshall Space Flight

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Center has developed expertise

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and test facilities to simulate the

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space environment for the

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development, testing, analysis,

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qualification and acceptance

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testing of materials and space flight

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hardware. With this broad

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expertise and the variety of test

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systems, facilities and equipment

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available, Marshall is able to

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customize tests with a demonstrated

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ability to rapidly adapt

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and reconfigure systems to meet

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customer’s needs. You

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have to study the effects

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that the space

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environment has so you can

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see its effects on

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materials how fast these

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materials degrade and

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what their lifetime is.

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The effects that they

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have on space instruments

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so you can prevent any sort of breakdown

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degradation while it

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is in space. We want to

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find those things while

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we are on the ground.

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The environmental

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test systems, facilities and

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equipment combined with capabilities

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such as nondestructive

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evaluation, failure analysis, and

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mechanical testing, and space

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weather and natural environments-

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evaluation and modeling; makes

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Marshall a

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one-stop-shop for

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materials and flight hardware

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analysis. These capabilities are

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maintained and operated by

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highly trained and experienced

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personnel with a reputation for

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delivering what the customer needs.

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Capabilities at the center have

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been used in support of multiple

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NASA missions & programs from

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Space Shuttle to Chandra; from

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the International space Station

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to Solar Probe Plus, just to

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name a few. US Government agencies,

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including the Army, Air Force

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and Navy, seek the broad spectrum

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of test capabilities at Marshall.

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A wide range of commercial

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and academic customers come

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to Marshall for environmental

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testing. We provide

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simulated environments

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for qualification testing

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development testing

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acceptance testing of space

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flight hardware and materials.

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The Aerodynamic Research Facility

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is a 14” X 14” tri-sonic

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wind tunnel with a Mach range

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of 0.2 to 5.  The fluid dynamics

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test facilities use both water

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flow and air flow as test media

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and test propulsion system

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components. Space Environmental Effects

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presents special challenges

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to those designing and building

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spacecraft.   The

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aggregation of space environmental

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test capabilities at Marshall is

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the most complete set of capabilities

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in the agency ; allowing

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simultaneous exposures of multiple

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space environments. There

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are many test facilities

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that can only be found

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here at Marshall, from

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fluid dynamics testing

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for propulsion system

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components, to a Hydrometeor

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Impact Gun for measuring

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rain impact performance

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data. These test systems

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are unique within the

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Agency, and most are

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the only ones found in

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the United States. The

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latest addition to the

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test capabilities is HISET

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- the High Intensity Solar

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Environment Test. Bringing together

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elements of the solar space environment

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– including charged particles

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and concentrated sunlight – the

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HISET system is a revolutionary

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test platform designed to

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meet a wide range of testing

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challenges from spacecraft

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instrument qualification to high

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temperature terrestrial  materials

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development.  Designed with maximum

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flexibility in-mind, HISET

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offers customizable test solutions

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from single environment focused

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test conditions to complex combined

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environments. When spacecraft

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meets nature, the results can be

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disastrous unless the craft is

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designed and built to withstand harsh

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environments. By viewing the

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spacecraft and the environment as

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one system, Marshall experts

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know how to anticipate, avoid or

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overcome hardware anomalies

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to help ensure the needs of the

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mission are met. Marshall personnel

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have long-standing collaborative

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relationships throughout NASA

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Field Centers and the Department of

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Defense, always tapping into the

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expertise of their colleagues to

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help the success of spacecraft

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projects from design through launch

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to descent and landing, and orbital