NASA NTRS · 19910028107
Technical challenges involved in supporting the Lambda Point Experiment
Abstract
The Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) is one of the instruments included in the U.S. Microgravity Payload Mission 1 planned for one of the Space Shuttle flights in 1992. The objective of the experiment is to measure the heat capacity of liquid helium within a narrow interval around the transition between superfluid and normal helium (the lambda point) with an unprecedented temperature resolution of about 10 to the -10th. Multiple technical challenges are presented in the areas of structural support, safety analysis, and modal frequency tests. This paper describes the technical challenges of JPL's multidisciplinary involvement in support of these experiments in microgravity.
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Petrac, D., Israelsson, U., Otth, D., Simmons, L., Staats, J., Thompson, A.. 1990-09-01. Technical challenges involved in supporting the Lambda Point Experiment. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910028107
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