Freezing WISE Hydrogen
A scaffolding structure built around NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer allows engineers to freeze its hydrogen coolant. The WISE infrared instrument is kept extremely cold by a bottle-like tank filled with frozen hydrogen, called the cryostat.
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PIA12350
Date Created
November 12, 2009
Center
JPL
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