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Astronaut Don Pettit stows plant samples inside a science freezer
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iss072e404007 (Dec. 27, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit stows plant samples inside a science freezer aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. Also called MELFI, or the Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS, the cold stowage research device preserves experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures in microgravity for later return to Earth and analysis.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAstronaut Don Pettit stows plant samples inside a science freezer. NASA/JSC, 2024-12-27. Public domain. ID: iss072e404007.
