General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS/ CERAMIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

47.7 cm

Width

44.2 cm

Height

33.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Manned spacecraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Telesat

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

NOVEMBER 1985

Canada

FIRST CANADIAN GAS (GET-AWAY SPECIAL) EXPERIMENT DESIGNED BY 2 OTTAWA STUDENT (JEAN FRANCOIS DESCHENES & DANIEL REY) FOR A CONTEST SPONSORED BY TELESAT CANADA, & BUILT BY TELEGLOBE CANADA. IT PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY ON SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FLIGHT OF 27 NOV. 1985 (REF 1 & 2).

Function

EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO MAKE MIRRORS IN SPACE OUT OF HEATED AND VAPOURIZED ALUMINUM, SILVER & SODIUM, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SPACE-MADE MIRRORS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THOSE MADE IN GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT OF EARTH (REF 2)

Technical

GAS OR GET-AWAYSPECIALS WERE OFFERED BY NASA FOR SMALL,AUTOMATED, SHORT DURATION, DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIMENTS. A GAS WAS A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER RENTED FROM NASA AT A COST OF $3000. (REF 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PART NOS., VACUUM CHAMBERS MARKED '1', '2', '4', '3', '5'/.2 ADHESIVE PAPER LABEL READING 'TC075534'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 FLAT BLACK PAINTED CASING, METALLIC & PLATED VACUUM CHAMBERS & PARTS, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/.2 SILVERED GLASS & WHITE CERAMIC/.3 METALLIC/.4-.5 'SILVERED' GLASS IN PLASTIC CASES/.6 'SILVERED' PLEXIGLASS.

Decoration

N/A