Environmental control of lunar samples in the Lunar Receiving LaboratoryThe contamination controls used in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory during the processing of lunar samples are described. Initially, the lunar sample containers were opened and the material was examined in a vacuum complex with approximated lunar surface conditions. The process of examining and distributing the samples from this vacuum complex was time consuming. During both Apollo 11 and 12 missions portions of the lunar samples were processed for allocation in a small sterile glove box in a dry nitrogena atmosphere. After Apollo 12 a new system was installed based upon the experience gained from the small glove box. The system uses dry nitrogen as an environmental blanket and has the capability of being sterilized and of maintaining this sterility.
Document ID
19740027763
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Reynolds, M. A.
Turner, N. L.
Hurgeton, J. C.
Barbee, M. F. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Flory, D. A. (Houston, University Houston, Tex., United States)
Simoneit, B. R. (California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1973
Subject Category
Facilities, Research, And Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: Symposium on the Analytical methods developed for application to lunar samples analyses