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    The Heat Flow Experiment was a United States NASA lunar science experiment that aimed to measure the rate of heat loss from the surface of the Moon. Four...
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    velocity impacting at a known location. Other ALSEP experiments on Apollo 13 included a Heat Flow Experiment (HFE), which would involve drilling two holes 3...
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    J. W. Freeman, Jr.; Marshall Space Flight Center, Curt Michel. Heat Flow Experiment: Columbia University, M. Langseth; Yale University, S. Clark. Low-Energy...
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    thermodynamics. Heat convection occurs when the bulk flow of a fluid (gas or liquid) carries its heat through the fluid. All convective processes also move heat partly...
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  • in 1966 after completing a senior thesis titled "The meaning of a heat flow experiment on Mars." He later received his PhD from the California Institute...
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    compartments used to carry, among other things: the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Packages ALSEP, the modularized equipment transporter (MET) (a hand-pulled...
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    Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) central station. Other experiments that flew as part of ALSEP included the Heat Flow Experiment, Lunar Ejecta...
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    selection of heat sinks. The heat flow between the semiconductor die and ambient air is modeled as a series of resistances to heat flow; there is a resistance...
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    detector, and the heat-flow experiment. Not included in the ALSEP but deployed by Irwin as well were the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LRRR) and the Solar...
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    Lunar Traverse Gravimeter Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment Heat Flow Experiment Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment Ground support Mobile Launcher Launch Umbilical...
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