Passively cooled superconductors in space

Completed NASA Center Innovation Fund project demonstrating Solar White passive thermal-control materials for superconductors in space. Tile and spray-on coatings were tested to maintain high-temperature superconductors cold enough for potential radiation shielding and efficient spacecraft energy management without complex cryogenic infrastructure. The project ran from 2022-10-01 through 2023-09-30 and targeted Moon, cislunar, Earth, and Mars applications.