ShareThe 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.
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- 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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- Themes: Other applications of cryogenic temperatures
- Keywords: Gravity; Superfluid helium; Space; Cryogenics
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- Date : 1988
- Languages : English
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