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NASA-LLIS-1333

Lessons Learned – Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Electronic Hardware Susceptibility to Radiation

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Organization: NASA
Publication Date: 27 November 2002
Status: active
Page Count: 2
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Description of Driving Event:

The Physics of Colloids in Space (PCS) experiment was launched on ISS Flight 6A in April 2001, was activated in EXPRESS Rack 2 on May 31, 2001, and was successfully operated on the International Space Station (ISS) until February 24, 2002. On February 24, 2002, at the onset of a scheduled operational run on ISS, the PCS flight system computer (within the PCS Avionics Section) failed to boot up. On-orbit recovery efforts were undertaken but were unsuccessful. The Avionics Section was removed and brought back on ISS Flight UF-2.

Document History

NASA-LLIS-1333
November 27, 2002
Lessons Learned – Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Electronic Hardware Susceptibility to Radiation
Description of Driving Event: The Physics of Colloids in Space (PCS) experiment was launched on ISS Flight 6A in April 2001, was activated in EXPRESS Rack 2 on May 31, 2001, and was successfully...
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