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Expedition 14 FE Reiter work on POEMS payload in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations

2006-12-19

NASA

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S116-E-07446 (19 Dec. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, STS-116 mission specialist, works with the Passive Observatories for Experimental Microbial Systems in Micro-G (POEMS) payload in the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. MELFI is a low temperature freezer facility with nominal operating temperatures of -80, -26 and +4 degrees Celsius that will preserve experiment materials over long periods.

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  • Title: Expedition 14 FE Reiter work on POEMS payload in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations
  • Date Created: 2006-12-19
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: mgwhite
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