Editing Space station (section)

==== Materials research ====
Space stations provide a useful platform to test the performance, stability, and survivability of materials in space. This research follows on from previous experiments such as the [[Long Duration Exposure Facility]], a free flying experimental platform which flew from April{{nbsp}}1984 until January{{nbsp}}1990.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kinard |first1=W. |last2=O'Neal |first2=R. |last3=Wilson |first3=B. |last4=Jones |first4=J. |last5=Levine |first5=A. |last6=Calloway |first6=R. |date=October 1994 |title=Overview of the space environmental effects observed on the retrieved long duration exposure facility (LDEF) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0273117794904448 |journal=Advances in Space Research |language=en |volume=14 |issue=10 |pages=7–16 |doi=10.1016/0273-1177(94)90444-8|pmid=11540010 |bibcode=1994AdSpR..14j...7K |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zolensky |first=Michael |date=May 2021 |title=The Long Duration Exposure Facility—A forgotten bridge between Apollo and Stardust |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.13656 |journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science |language=en |volume=56 |issue=5 |pages=900–910 |doi=10.1111/maps.13656 |bibcode=2021M&PS...56..900Z |s2cid=235890776 |issn=1086-9379}}</ref>
* [[Mir Environmental Effects Payload]] (1996–1997)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Gale A |last2=Humes |first2=Donald H |last3=Kinard |first3=William H |date=March 2000 |title=Shuttle and MIR Special Environmental Effects and Hardware Cleanliness |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1088/0954-0083/12/1/306 |journal=High Performance Polymers |language=en |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=65–82 |doi=10.1088/0954-0083/12/1/306 |s2cid=137731119 |issn=0954-0083|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="nicogossian-roy-1998">{{Cite conference |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=A. |last1=Nicogossian |first1=Arnauld E. |last2=Roy |first2=Stephanie |date=November 1998 |title=Transitioning from Spacelab to the International Space Station |url=https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1999ESASP.433..653N |conference=2nd European Symposium on Utilisation of the International Space Station |location=Noordwijk, Netherlands |publisher=[[ESA]] Publications Division, ESTEC |publication-date=1999 |volume=433 |pages=653–658 |bibcode=1999ESASP.433..653N |isbn=92-9092-732-1 |oclc=41941169 |id=ESA SP-433 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614141320/https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1999ESASP.433..653N |archive-date=14 June 2023 |access-date=28 August 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Materials International Space Station Experiment]] (2001–present)<ref name="degroh-2009">{{Cite conference |last1=de Groh |first1=Kim K. |last2=Banks |first2=Bruce A. |last3=Dever |first3=Joyce A. |last4=Jaworske |first4=Donald A. |last5=Miller |first5=Sharon K. R. |last6=Sechkar |first6=Edward A. |last7=Panko |first7=Scott R. |date=March 2008 |title=International Space Station Experiments (Misse 1–7) |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090005995/downloads/20090005995.pdf |conference=International Symposium on SM/MPAC and SEED Experiments |location=Tsukuba, Japan |publisher=[[NASA]] |publication-date=August 2009 |id=TM-2008-215482 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612203601/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090005995/downloads/20090005995.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2024 |hdl-access=free |url-status=live |hdl=2060/20090005995 |s2cid=54880762 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Center |first=NASA's Marshall Space Flight |title=Marshall contributes to key Space Station experiment |url=https://www.theredstonerocket.com/tech_today/article_3268170a-1636-11ec-80cf-b3599068766d.html |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=The Redstone Rocket |date=15 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>