Kynar Aquatec® of Arkema was used in the protective clearcoat applied on the Artemis 1 SLS.
Arkema has proudly announced that its specialty materials have been selected to protect the iconic logo of NASA on the Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS). The innovative protective coating is in fact powered by Kynar Aquatec® PVDF latex, providing extreme durability to keep the logo on the solid rocket boosters intact while soaring to space.
The waterborne clearcoat protecting the logo was created by Acrymax® Technologies Inc. Kynar Aquatec® PVDF latex enabled to design a water-based protective coating with exceptional durability in low VOC and air-dry systems.
“We work hand-in-hand with partners like Acrymax® Technologies to create custom solutions. Their ability to extend this partnership to NASA and develop a formulation strong enough to withstand the intensity of the most powerful rocket in the world is spectacular in many ways. Kynar Aquatec® PVDF latex is really unique in that it delivers such world-leading performance in a user-friendly fashion. No baking or post-treatment is required,” has declared Paul Lavallee, the global market manager for Kynar® Coatings at Arkema
Artemis 1 SLS lifted off on 16th
November 2022 from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. It sent the Orion spacecraft approximately 1.3 million miles, orbiting the Moon and the returning to Earth. The SLS boosters featuring the red logo of NASA are the largest and most powerful solid propellant boosters ever built for flight.