Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I. Contamination Overview -- Improved Methods for Characterizing Material-Induced Contamination -- Potential for Cross Contamination for Payloads in the STS Bay -- Chapter II. Sources and Prevention of Contamination -- Debris from Spallation of Foam Insulation of Cryogenic Fuel Tanks in Space Launch Sytems -- Particle Dispersion around a Spacecraft -- Impact of the STS Ground/Launch Particle Contamination Environment on an Optical Sensor -- Analysis of Contamination Degradation of Thermal Control Surfaces on Operational Satellites -- Abatement of Gaseous and Particulate Contamination in a Space Instrument -- Chapter III. Properties and Effects of Contamination -- Infrared Optical Properties of Thin CO,NO, CH4, HCI, N2O, O2, N2, and Ar Cryofilms -- Infrared Optical Properties of Solid Mixtures of Molecular Species at 20 K -- Measurements of Infrared Optical Properties of A12O3 Rocket Particles -- Improvements in Rocket Engine Nozzle and High Altitude Plume Computations -- as/eH Measurements of Thermal Control Coatings over Four Years at Geosynchronous Altitude -- Calorimetric Measurements of Thermal Control Surfaces on Operational Satellites -- Experimental Investigation of Bipropellant Exhaust Plume Flowfield, Heating, and Contamination and Comparison with the CONTAM Computer Model Predictions -- Particle Sampling of Solid Rocket Motor Exhausts in High-Altitude Test Cells -- Postfire Sampling of Solid Rocket Motors for Contamination Sources in High-Altitude Test Cells -- Author Index.