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Polar is a research refrigerator designed and developed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE) for NASA Cold Stowage. Polar was designed as a single mid-deck locker equivalent payload to store scientific samples on-board ISS and in transport to/from ISS via SpaceX Dragon or Cygnus spacecraft. Polar operates between 4 and −95 °C (39 and −139 °F).

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Additional Cold Stowage

Polar is one of multiple units available for storage on the ISS and/or transportation to and from the ISS. Others include:

See also

References

  1. Nimon, Jessica. "Space Savings for Station Science Samples". NASA. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. "Polar". UAB CBSE. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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