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Polar (refrigerator)

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.

Description
• Polar is mounted in the ISS on the EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack. • Polar can maintain temperatures ranging from . • Polar is air-cooled via rear-air fan. == Additional Cold Stowage ==
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: • Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) • • MERLIN (Microgravity Experiment Research Locker/ Incubator) • • GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator) • == See also ==
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