Sample curation facility = This comprises a suite of labs covering approx 60m2 that is the main facility for handling and storage of meteorite, lunar and other extra-terrestrial samples; the main 30m2 cleanroom is ISO Class 6 (Class 1,000), supported by an ISO Class 7 chemistry lab and two ISO 5 (Class 100) rooms.
Clean fabrication facility = This facility is dedicated to building space hardware, there is a 50m2 ISO 6 clean room, supported by an ISO 7 chemistry, preparation and control laboratory.
Clean petrography suite= This suite is dedicated to the characterisation of rock samples prior to analysis by the OU mass spectrometers, there is a 45m2 Class 7 clean room containing the main optical microscope systems, a laser Raman micro-probe and a UV-Vis micro-spectrophotometer.
Contact - Manish Patel, manish.patel@open.ac.uk
