Cold Stowage Flight Projects

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General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator (GLACIER)
Customer: NASA JSC

The GLACIER is a double middeck locker sized cryogenic freezer capable of maintaining a variety of sample sizes between -185?C and +4?C. It is qualified to fly in the Middeck, MPLM, SPACEHAB Module, and EXPRESS Rack. CBSE is on contract to provide 4 flight qualified units and one engineering unit.

 

Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module – Modified (CRIM-M)
Customer: NASA SPD

The CRIM-M is a single middeck locker equivalent thermal incubator for payloads requiring thermal control in the temperature ranges between 4?C and 40?C. The CBSE Engineering Division manages a fleet of 6 flight qualified CRIM-Ms and one ground training unit to support the Center’s microgravity research needs as well as those of other commercial users.



Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator (MERLIN)
Customer: NASA SPD

Development of the MERLIN was initiated by the Center to accommodate the NASA SPD and Code UG science communities with a thermal carrier that will meet the more stringent ISS requirements and ultimately replace the CRIM-Ms presently being utilized. The single locker equivalent thermal carrier can maintain payloads between -20?C and 48.5?C, and is qualified to fly in the Middeck, MPLM, SPACEHAB Module, and EXPRESS Rack. The CBSE Engineering Division manages a fleet of 7 flight qualified MERLINs and one ground training unit to support the Center's microgravity research needs as well as those of other commercial and government users.



Locker Active Door Recharger (LADR)
Customer: NASA JSC

Development of the LADR was initiated by the Center in response to a request by NASA JSC to come up with a way to recharge phase change materials that have been depleted on-orbit. The LADR mounts to the front of an ISS locker and can be used in conjunction with the LoTEC or double coldbag to refreeze phase change materials. The LADR can maintain payloads between -20?C and 40?C.