Topics

 Topics include:

• Space and Extreme environments (UV, charged particles, temperature...),
• Planetary environments (Lunar and Martian regolith...),
• Dust mitigation and related problems (degradation of materials performance, electrical build-up...),
• Micrometeoroids and debris in space environment and related effects,
• Atomic Oxygen effects (LEO/VLEO applications),
• Radiation-induced ageing, charging, outgassing,
• Contamination testing and modelling, thermo-optical properties of contaminated surfaces, species separation,
• Protection coatings (atomic oxygen, charging, contamination, radiation shielding),
• Innovative materials (self-healing, bio-inspired …) and processes in space sub-systems,
• Effect of space environment on "COTS" or "terrestrial" technologies (low budget, Cub-sat, short lifetime LEO missions),
• Smart / multifunctional / nano materials and coatings,
• Additive manufacturing, printed ink electronics…,
• Clean Space and sustainability (reusable materials, mitigation of debris)
• Long-term storage and materials obsolescence,
• Standards and Regulations,
• Ground testing (best practice, data),
• Test Facilities and platforms,
• Flight experiments : design, data and lesson learned