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K-Site includes a removable cryogenic cold wall, vacuum-jacketed LH2 piping and chamber penetrations, a hydraulic shaker system, a vacuum-jacketed LH2 dump line and burnoff stack to handle accidental LH2 spills inside the chamber.


C-1991-7456: Hydrogen slush rig at K-Site C-1995-130: Detail view of hardware for the hydrogen system configuration of the Atlas Phase Chilldown studies at K-Site
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C91-7456: Technicians monitor the operation of the Slush Rig in the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site)  C91-7456
Technicians monitor the operation of the Slush Rig inside the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site).
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C91-7458: Detail view of technician monitoring the operation of the Slush Rig in the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site)  C91-7458
Detail view of technician monitoring the operation of the Slush Rig in the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site).
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C91-7453: NASA Plum Brook Station technicians pose around the Slush Rig at the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site)  C91-7453
NASA Plum Brook Station technicians pose in the test chamber at the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site).
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C74-2028: Overall view of the test chamber and clean room at the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site)  C74-2028
Overall view of the test chamber and clean room at the Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site).
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