Physics:Polar (refrigerator)
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Polar is a research refrigerator designed and developed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE) for NASA Cold Stowage. Polar was designed as a single mid-deck locker equivalent[further explanation needed] payload to store scientific samples on-board ISS and in transport to/from ISS via SpaceX Dragon or Cygnus spacecraft. Polar operates between 4 and −95 °C (39 and −139 °F).[1][2]
Description
- Polar is mounted in the ISS on the EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack.
- Polar can maintain temperatures ranging from 4 to −95 °C (39 to −139 °F).
- Polar is air-cooled via rear-air fan.
Additional Cold Stowage
Polar is one of multiple units available for storage on the ISS and/or transportation to and from the ISS. Others include:
- Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)
- 4 to −80 °C (39 to −112 °F)
- MERLIN (Microgravity Experiment Research Locker/ Incubator)
- 48 to −20 °C (118 to −4 °F)
- GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator)
- 4 to −160 °C (39 to −256 °F)
See also
- Scientific research on the ISS
- International Space Station
- SpaceX Dragon
References
- ↑ Nimon, Jessica. "Space Savings for Station Science Samples". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/Space_Saving.html. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Polar". http://www.uab.edu/cbse/engineering/current-projects/polar. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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