Timeline of In Situ Evaluation Missions

The figure below displays a timeline of missions from various space agencies and companies during which materials were evaluated directly in the LEO environment (in situ). More details on the missions are provided in on this page.

Definitions of Acronyms

Alpha Space, LLC

MISSE: Materials International Space Station Experiment

Russion Space Program

RCC-1: Mission for the Russian Space Program operating from 1990 to 1991.

RSC Energia: Program with the Russion Space Program from 1990 to 2008.

European Space Agency (ESA)

MEDET: Materials Exposure and Degredation Experiment

SREM: Standard Radiation Environment Monitor

DEBIE: Debris in Orbit Evaluation

EURECA: European Retrievable Carrier

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

ESEM: Evaluation of the Space Environment and Effects on Materials

EFFU: Exposed Facility Flyer Unit

SDS: Small Demonstration Satellite

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ACOMEX: Advanced Composite Materials Exposure to Space Environment

EPSCoR: Established Program to Stimulate Competetive Research

ISS: International Space Station

MEEP: Mir Environmental Effects Payload

LDEF: Long Duration Exposure Facility