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Facility Summary


Brief Summary

The Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) is a single locker system that is compatible with both the space shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). The ABRS has two growth chambers; each chamber is a closed system capable of independently controlling temperature, illumination, and atmospheric composition to grow a variety of biological organisms.

Facility Manager(s)

David R. Cox, Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States

Facility Representative(s)

David W. Reed, QinetiQ North America, Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States

Developer(s)

Bionetics Corporation, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States
Kennedy Space Center, Applied Technology Flight Integration, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States

Sponsoring Space Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Sponsoring Organization

Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD)

ISS Expedition Duration

October 2008 - September 2014

Expeditions Assigned

18,19/20,21/22,31/32,33/34,35/36,37/38,39/40

Previous ISS Missions

Information Pending

Availability

Onboard

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Facility Overview

 

• The Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) is a single middeck locker equivalent system with two independently controlled chambers. The ABRS is compatible with the space shuttle middeck and International Space Station (ISS) EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack.
• The ABRS may be used to grow plants, microorganisms, and small arthropods (e.g., insects and arachnids).



• Each ABRS chamber can provide atmospheric contaminant scrubbing, temperature control to 8

Operations

Facility Operations

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Results/More Information

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Results Publications

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Ground Based Results Publications

Levine HG, Cox DR, Reed DW, Mortenson TE, Shellack JL, Wells HW, Murdoch T, Regan MF, Albino SA, Cohen JN.  The Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS): A Single Middeck Payload for Conducting Biological Experimentation on the International Space Station. 47th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL; 2009

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ISS Patents

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Related Publications

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Related Websites

NIH BioMed-ISS Meeting Video Presentation, 2009?ABRS

NIH BioMed-ISS Meeting, 2009?ABRS

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Imagery

Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) facility with locker shell removed for clarity. Image provided by NASA.
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ABRS facility with locker shell and front hatch removed for clarity. Image provided by NASA.
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ABRS Environmental Research Chamber (ERC). Image provided by NASA.
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The Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) unit in an Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station (EXPRESS) at Kennedy Space Center. Image courtesy of the Bionetics Corporation.
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The Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) unit in an Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station (EXPRESS) at Kennedy Space Center. Image courtesy of the Bionetics Corporation.
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NASA Image: ISS022E006919 - Expedition 22 Commander worked on the Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System (TAGES), performing Harvesting Part 1 A prime, then swapping the full TAGES memory cards for two new ones and initiating grow-out for Harvest 1B. The TAGES investigation uses the Advanced Biological Research System (ABRS) facility. Photo was taken at Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station (EXPRESS) Rack 2 in the U.S. Laboratory during Expedition 22.
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