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TEAMS is comprised of four experiments which are mounted on a crossbay carrier. The experiments are as follows: the Global Positioning System (GPS) Attitude and Navigation Experiment (GANE); the Vented Tank Resupply Experiment (VTRE); the Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite (PAMS); and the Liquid Metal Thermal Experiment (LMTE).

The Vented Tank Resupply Experiment (VTRE) will test the performance of Capillary Acquisition Vanes for future spacecraft liquid storage tanks. These vanes are designed to keep liquid from inadvertently venting from a tank during refilling or pressure relief operations in the zero gravity of orbit. Flown on STS-77