Test and evaluation of the heat flow experiment

Abstract

This is an unscheduled ATM dealing with the test and evaluation of the HFE, conducted by a BxA suited subject at the Mission and Crew Engineering test facility on 9 August 1967. The purpose of this test was to evaluate the updated Heat Flow Probe Package, performing as complete a Heat Flow Experiment deployment sequence as present hardware development would permit. The following sections of this ATM describe the hardware, facilities, constraints, and procedures, as well as the results and conclusions derived from the test. The photographs at the end of this ATM illustrate the various steps comprising the HFE deployment sequence.