The descent stage of the Apollo Lunar Module, and the bottom of the ascent stage surrounding the

ascent engine, were covered in blankets of aluminized Kapton foil to provide thermal insulation.
During the return journey from the Moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong commented that during
the launch of the Lunar Module ascent stage, he could see "Kapton and other parts on the LM
staging scattering all around the area for great distances." [7]
According to a NASA internal report, space shuttle "wires were coated with an insulator known as
Kapton that tended to break down over time, causing short circuits and, potentially,
fires."[8] The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has considered Kapton as a good plastic support
for solar sails because of its long duration in the space environment.[9]
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft used Kapton in an innovative "Thermos bottle" insulation design to
keep the craft operating between 10–30 °C (50–86 °F) throughout its more than nine-year, 3 billion
mile journey to rendezvous with the dwarf planet Pluto on July 14, 2015.[10] The main body is covered
in lightweight, gold-colored, multilayered thermal insulation which holds in heat from operating
electronics to keep the spacecraft warm. The thermal blanketing–18 layers of Dacron mesh cloth
sandwiched between aluminized Mylar and Kapton film–also helped to protect the craft from
micrometeorites.[11]