Data Recorders Aid Earth Dust Mission Mercury Systems Andover, MA www.mrcy.com Telescope EMIT Instrument Configuration Spectrometer Wake Radiator Starboard Panel Ram Radiator Nadir Panel Optical Bench Assembly (OBA) Electronics Baseplate The solid-state data recorder. N ASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) selected solidstate data recorders (SSDRs) from Mercury Systems for NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) science mission. The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument containing the SSDRs is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022. When strong winds on one continent stir up mineral rock dust (such as calcite or chlorite), the airborne particles can travel thousands of miles to affect entirely different continents. Dust suspended in the air can heat or cool the atmosphere and Earth's surface. This heating or cooling effect is the focus of the EMIT mission. Scientists know that most of the mineral dust transported in Earth's atmosphere comes from arid regions around the globe. But they aren't certain what types of minerals the wind carries from those regions. Different minerals affect the environment in different ways, so scientists need to know what minerals are in dust source regions if they're going to better understand how the dust is affecting the Earth. EMIT will provide this missing dust source information. The data will allow scientists to create a new mineral map of Earth's dust-producing regions. The map will improve computer models that scientists will use to assess the regional and global heating and cooling effects of mineral dust today and in the future. The SSDRs are purpose-built to support the need for ultra-reliable and agile radiation-tolerant storage devices. EMIT uses a two-mirror telescope and highthroughput F/1.8 Dyson imaging spectrometer, which contains the solid-state data recorder. (NASA/JPL) Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/79416-745 APPLICATIONS ADHESIVES for SENSOR Select compounds offer: THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY Up to 6.5 W/( m*K) ELECTRICAL INSULATION Volume resistivity >1014 14 ohm-cm ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY Volume resistivity <0.001 ohm-cm SENSOR APPLICATIONS EPOXIES & SILICONES EPOXIES & SILICONES Hackensack, NJ 07601 USA ∙ +1.201.343.8983 ∙ main@masterbond.com www.masterbond.com For Free Info Visit http://info.hotims.com/79416-117 Tech Briefs, August 2021 Cov ToC Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/79416-746 51http://info.hotims.com/79416-117 http://info.hotims.com/79416-745 http://info.hotims.com/79416-746 http://info.hotims.com/79416-117 http://www.abpi.net/ntbpdfclicks/l.php?202108MDNAV