NASA ultra-black nano-coating to be applied to 3-D new solar coronagraph
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
An emerging super-black nanotechnology that is to be tested for the first time this fall on the International Space Station will be applied to a complex, 3-D component critical for suppressing stray light in a new, smaller, less-expensive solar coronagraph designed to ultimately fly on the orbiting outpost or as a hosted payload on a commercial satellite.