First U.S. Sample Processed in Materials Science Research Rack to be Opened at Marshall

(NASA) - On Feb. 2, the first materials science sample supporting an U.S. investigator was processed in NASA's Materials Science Research Rack aboard the International Space Station.

The rack allows for the in-orbit study of a variety of materials ? including metals, ceramics, semi-conductor crystals and glasses. The first sample was a small, solid rod of composite aluminum and silicon processed at high temperatures to produce an alloy.



Development of the research rack was a coopera [...]

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