@inproceedings{oai:jaxa.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005224, author = {野口, 高明 and 中村, 智樹 and 北澤, 幸人 and 山中, 理代 and 木本, 雄吾 and 鈴木, 峰男 and Noguchi, Takaaki and Nakamura, Tomoki and Kitazawa, Yukihito and Yamanaka, Riyo and Kimoto, Yugo and Suzuki, Mineo}, book = {宇宙航空研究開発機構特別資料, JAXA Special Publication: Proceedings of International Symposium on "SM/MPAC & SEED Experiment"}, month = {Mar}, note = {International Symposium on "SM/MPAC & SEED Experiment" (International Congress Center EPOCHAL TSUKUBA, 10-11 March 2008), Silica aerogel was equipped on the SM/MPAC (Service Module/Micro-Particle Capturer) to collect both artificial and natural fine-grained particles on the orbit of International Space Station (ISS). We performed initial investigation of the silica aerogel tiles retrieved in 2002, 2004, and 2005. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation of the surfaces of the RAM facing tiles revealed that those retrieved in 2004 and 2005 are covered by considerable craters. Each bottom of crater has a wrinkled area. Based on the comparison between them and the surface morphology of silica aerogel reacted with a droplet of ethanol, that these craters were probably formed by low speed impact of liquid droplets. On the surfaces of the WAKE facing tiles, number density of craters is lower than that the RAM facing aerogel. However, their depth/crater diameter ratios are larger than those facing to the RAM direction. We investigated three terminal particles found on the ends of tracks in silica aerogel, retrieved in 2002, 2004, and 2005. Combined SEM, transmission electron microscope (TEM), micro Raman spectroscopy, and synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that they are space debris, secondary debris, and a micrometeoroid, respectively., Physical characteristics: Original contains color illustrations, 資料番号: AA0064307008, レポート番号: JAXA-SP-08-015E}, pages = {59--66}, publisher = {宇宙航空研究開発機構, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)}, title = {Initial investigation of silica aerogel equipped on SM/MPAC & SEED recovered from the ISS in 2002, 2004, and 2005}, volume = {JAXA-SP-08-015E}, year = {2009} }