Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (CU Smead AES)
JANA thermal vacuum chamber
equipmenttest rigs & chambersIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CU Smead AES
Description
Smaller LifeLAB thermal vacuum chamber, donated by Sierra Nevada Corporation, for small-scale testing of spaceflight components; cools to about −190 °C, reaches 2×10⁻⁶ torr, 3–4 h experiment cycle; used to study lunar dust effects on radiator emissivity.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/thermal-vacuum-chambers
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Details
- Keywords
- sierra nevada corporation, lunar dust, spaceflight components, pump-down, lifelab
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Key spec
- ≈ −190 °C; 2×10⁻⁶ torr; 3–4 h cycle
- Equipment class
- Thermal vacuum chamber
- Associated entity
- LifeLAB (Smead); page on Smead dept site
- Specifications
- -190 C (-310 F), achieve a; 2x10^-6 torr and complete an exp; 3-4 hours