Space-X will take Mexican experiment “MCB-1” to the International Space Station this October: AEM / @jorgenunol @SICT_mx >>>

#SICT.- The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), through the Mexican Space Agency (AEM), informed that Elon Musk’s Space-X will take a Mexican experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) on its “CRS-31” mission in mid-October.

The “Mechanism Compatible Biomimetic Compatible-1” (“MCB-1”), which will be launched from Cape Canaveral, and will remain six months in space in the “MISSE” module of the ISS, was presented by the scientific group of young people “Mat X Space”, and the general director of the AEM, Salvador Landeros Ayala.

“Once again, the talent of our new generations shines, who will be in charge of developing the future space and satellite infrastructure of Mexico in this digital era, you fill us with pride, and put the name of the country on high,” said Landeros.

He explained that the “MCB-1” experiment seeks to apply Mexican ingenuity to the “development of advanced intelligent materials” to provide them with “extraordinary” mechanical properties to withstand the inhospitable conditions of space.

The “MISSE” module (“Materials International Space Station Experiment”-Aegis Aerospace), as defined by NASA, “develops a series of experiments outside the ISS to test the performance and durability of materials and devices exposed to the space environment.

There, the Mexican device “MCB-1”, miniaturized to 8,180 grams, 25.4 mm. per side and futuristic in appearance, will be exposed to space weathering at extreme temperatures between -100°C and 120°C, which currently fracture or destroy traditional non-intelligent materials.

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