Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (CU Smead AES)
RALPHEE vacuum chamber
equipmenttest rigs & chambersIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CU Smead AES
Description
Larger LifeLAB chamber (about an order of magnitude bigger than JANA) for testing larger components such as a full-scale EVA-suit radiator; pumps down to vacuum but currently lacks thermal control.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/thermal-vacuum-chambers
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Details
- Keywords
- eva suit, larger components, lifelab, simulated space environment, full-scale radiator
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Key spec
- ~10× JANA volume; vacuum only
- Equipment class
- Vacuum chamber (no thermal control)
- Associated entity
- LifeLAB (Smead); page on Smead dept site