A passively deployed array of contamination-sensitive samples was mounted and flown in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Columbia during the first orbital flight test. A similar unit was mounted in a different location in the cargo bay at Dryden Flight Research Center during the postflight operations there prior to the ferry flight return of Columbia to Kennedy Space Center. The samples in both POSA arrays were subjected to a series of optical and analytical measurements prior to delivery for installation in the cargo bay and after retrieval of the flight hardware. A quick-look summary of the results of a comparison of the series of measurements is presented.


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    Title :

    Passive Optical Sample Assembly (POSA) for STS-1 Quick Look Post-Mission Report


    Contributors:
    R. C. Linton (author) / E. R. Miller (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Passive Optical Sample Assembly (POSA)

    R. C. Linton / E. R. Miller / M. Susko | NTIS | 1981


    Passive Optical Sample Assembly (POSA)

    Linton, R. C. / Miller, E. R. / Susko, M. | NTRS | 1981