Component
Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI)
The shiny, quilted blankets that wrap most spacecraft — many thin reflective layers that block radiative heat transfer, insulating against both the Sun's heat and the cold of space.
Highlights
- ›The gold blankets you see on spacecraft
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThermal Control
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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