This document describes a Thermal Conditioning Unit (TCU) concept that can be used to keep samples at any selected temperature between -20 °C and 50 °C in space environment.
The adaptation to the two mission scenarios (Biorack in Spacelab IML-2 and MIR station) where the concept has been used is described, providing design solutions, performances and test results.
Proposals for new future configurations are also presented.
