Ref.: MmeEte23-001
Apresentador: Rafael Cardoso Toledo
Autores (Instituição): Toledo, R.C.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); Tenório, P.I.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); Baldan, M.R.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); Sampaio, M.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); da Silva, J.P.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); Bandeira, I.N.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais); An, C.Y.(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais);
Resumo:
Microgravity is a powerful tool for understanding fundamental scientific questions and finding technological solutions to terrestrial problems. Brazil has a Microgravity Program that focuses on experiments with the Brazilian VS-30 and VSB-30 sounding rockets, making it a strategic area of space research. In 2022, the Brazilian Microgravity Suborbital Platform (MQ-MSP) had its first flight of the qualification series on the Santa Branca Mission. The platform was developed by ORBITAL Engenharia in collaboration with the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE). With the qualification completed, Brazil will have a sounding rocket built entirely with national technology. The National Institute for Space Research's Materials Technologies Group (TECMAT/INPE) developed and qualified a rapid solidification furnace. The MQ-MSP now has a permanent multi-user furnace installation capable of producing temperatures up to 900°C and solidifying metal and semiconductor alloys during microgravity flights lasting around 6 minutes.