Consortium

	Organisation Name	Acronym	Scientific Team Leader	Country
1. [CO]	Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation	TECNALIA	Dr. Maria Parco	Spain
2	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU)	IPMS	Prof. Gennadii Frolov	Ukraine
3	YUZHNOYE Design Office named after Mikhail Yangel	YUZHNOYE	Dr. Victor Tykhyy	Ukraine
4	Space Research Institute, NASU and National Space Agency of Ukraine	SRI	Prof. Victor Yatsenko	Ukraine
5	Institute of electric welding named after Paton of NASU	IEW	Prof. Iurii Falchenko	Ukraine
6	National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics	ISTEC	Dr. Laura Silvestroni	Italy
7	ECM Space Technologies GmbH	ECM	Dr. Arnold Sterenharz	Germany
8	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR). Institute of Structures and Design	DLR	Dr. Dietmar Koch	Germany

Project Summary

LIGHT-TPS will develop a new super-light complex Thermal Protection System (TPS) for various space applications, above all for Reusable Space Systems (RSS), capable of operating within the entire range of working temperatures. The works in the project will aim at radical improvement the properties of the TPS used in Space Shuttle, Buran, other existing and under-development RSS.

Project Objectives

Main purpose of the Project

The project aims to the development of innovative materials and manufacturing technologies for the fabrication of new generation thermal protection systems for future reusable space systems.