Technological Challenges of MELFI, the First Freezer for Science

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Jan 2002

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IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,

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Among the different freezers needed for preservation of samples produced in the ISS with the various life science programs, the Minus Eighty degrees Celsius Laboratory Freezer for the ISS, MELFI, will be the first freezer to be delivered to NASA as Laboratory Support Equipment (LSE) by the European Space Agency (ESA). MELFI first flight is scheduled on ULF1 flight beginning 2003. The second unit will be delivered to NASDA for installation in the JEM. From the beginning, the technology for a -80°C freezer was identified as very critical to develop. Throughout the design and development phases, the different technologies were improved and secured to have a freezer in time for the Space Station Utilisation Flights. This paper explains the different technical challenges, which can be summarized as follows: The details on the qualification program will show how those challenges have been overcome and the status for the ULF1 launch will be presented.

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