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Instrumentation and measurement

Instrumentation and measurement

Instrumentation at the extremes

01 Aug 2017
This article first appeared in the 2017 Physics World Focus on Vacuum and Instruments under the headline "The heat is on"

Building instruments that boldly go into some of the solar system’s most extreme environments presents unique challenges for instrument designers. Keith Cooper explores how they do it

In the hot seat: An artist’s impression of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. (Courtesy: ESA)
Space is not a friendly place for instruments to operate. Cosmic radiation fries their electronics;

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Keith Cooper is a science journalist based in the UK, @21stCenturySETI on Twitter
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