Geocent's Advanced Aerospace Materials Aboard International Space Station

Geocent, LLC was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecified defense applications. Geocent, with its partners Plasma Processes Inc, The University of Tennessee, and The University of Alabama in Birmingham, was awarded NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I and II funding to develop multifunctional lightweight composite materials as an integral part of a spacecraft or habitat structure to shield crew and critical avionics against Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) and secondary particles. Geocent and its partners were also awarded an SBIR Phase I to develop innovative material solutions for Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC) that have direct application for hot rocket and missile structures such as nozzles and leading edges.