The successful return of the low temperature platform facility (LTPF) to space.

Author(s) : LARSON M., PEARSON D., ELLIOTT S., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The Low Temperature Platform Facility (LTPF) flew on STS-87 from November 19 to December 5, 1997 as part of the fourth US Microgravity Payload (USMP-4). During this flight, the LTPF contained the Confined Helium eXperiment (CHeX). The CHeX mission was a success because the LTPF functioned as expected, and the LTPF dewar provided a stable, long lived cooling source for the CHeX instrument. The LTPF is a NASA/JPL facility that is designed to accommodate space shuttle based science experiments or instruments that need cryogenic temperatures near 2 K.

Details

  • Original title: The successful return of the low temperature platform facility (LTPF) to space.
  • Record ID : 2001-2633
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 39 - n. 8
  • Publication date: 1999

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