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Facility by Category
05.23.13

Category | Hardware Type | Facility Name | Partner Agency

Biology and Biotechnology | Earth and Space Science | Human Research | Multipurpose | Physical Science | Technology Development and Demonstration

Biology and Biotechnology

 

Cell and Tissue Culture Systems

ABRS (Advanced Biological Research System)

ADSEP (ADvanced Space Experiment Processor)

AEM (Animal Enclosure Module)

BCA (BioServe Culture Apparatus)

BSTC (Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller)

CellCult (Cell Culturing)

FPC (Fluid Processing Cassette)

GAP-FPA (Group Activation Pack-Fluid Processing Apparatus)

MOBIAS (Multiple Orbital Bioreactor with Instrumentation and Automated Sampling)

SLCC (Single Loop Cell Culture)

T-CGS (T-Cell Growth System)

 

Cellular Biology and Biotechnology

BRIC (Biological Research in Canisters)

BRIC-Opti (Biological Research in Canisters for OptiCells?)

 

Centrifuge

CBEF (Cell Biology Experiment Facility)

EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System)

RC (Refrigerated Centrifuge)

 

Greenhouse

Astro Garden (Astro Garden)

PASC (Portable Astroculture Chamber)

Veggie (Vegetable Production System)

 

Habitat

ABS (Autonomous Biological System)

ADF (Avian Development Facility)

Aquatic Habitat (Aquatic Habitat)

CPBF (Commercial Plant Biotechnology Facility)

MDS Facility (Mice Drawer System Facility)

 

Incubator

CGBA (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus)

 

Macromolecular Crystal Growth

APCF (Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility)

GCF (Granada Crystallization Facility)

PCRF (Protein Crystallization Research Facility)

SCOF (Solution Crystallization Observation Facility)

TCF-3 (Thermal Carrier Facility-3)

 

Sample Handling and Fixation

Biotube (Biotube)

KFT (Kennedy Space Center Fixation Tube)



Earth and Space Science

 

Astrophysics Instrument

 

Atmosphere Observing Instrument

 

Earth Surface Observing Instrument

 

External Infrastructure/Interface

Columbus-EPF (Columbus - External Payload Facility)

ELC (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station Logistics Carrier)

JEM-EF (Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility)

 

Heliophysics Instrument

Solar (Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus)

 

Internal Infrastructure/Interface

WORF (Window Observational Research Facility)

 

Planetary Science Instrument



Human Research

 

Centrifuge

CBEF (Cell Biology Experiment Facility)

EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System)

RC (Refrigerated Centrifuge)

 

Crew Healthcare System

Actiwatch (Actiwatch)

Actiwatch Spectrum (Actiwatch Spectrum System)

CBPD (Human Research Facility Continuous Blood Pressure Device)

HGD-PFD (Hand Grip Dynamometer-Pinch Force Dynamometer)

Holter (Human Research Facility Holter Monitor)

PCBA (Portable Clinical Blood Analyzer - i-STAT)

SLAMMD (Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device)

UMS (Urine Monitoring System)

Ultrasound (Human Research Facility Ultrasound on the International Space Station)

Ultrasound 2 (Human Research Facility Ultrasound on the International Space Station 2 )

 

Exercise System

ARED (Advanced Resistive Exercise Device)

CEVIS (Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System)

COLBERT (Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill)

TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System)

iRED (Interim Resistive Exercise Device)

 

Integrated Physiology

EPM (European Physiology Module)

MARES (Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System)

PFS (Pulmonary Function System)

 

Radiation Measurement or Shielding

RAM (Radiation Area Monitor)

TEPC (Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter)



Multipurpose

 

Camera

 

External Infrastructure/Interface

Columbus-EPF (Columbus - External Payload Facility)

ELC (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station Logistics Carrier)

JEM-EF (Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility)

 

Glovebox

MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox)

MWA (Maintenance Work Area)

PGB (Portable Glovebox)

Wet Lab Kit (Wet Lab Kit)

 

ISS External Platform

J-SSOD (JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer)

 

Internal Infrastructure/Interface

WORF (Window Observational Research Facility)

 

Lab Centrifuge

 

Materials Science Instrument

 

Microscope

LMM (Light Microscopy Module)

NanoRacks Microscopes (NanoRacks Microscopes)

 

Plate Reader

NanoRacks Plate Reader (NanoRacks Plate Reader)

 

Racks

BioLab (Biological Experiment Laboratory)

CB (Clean Bench)

EDR (European Drawer Rack)

ETC (European Transportation Carrier)

EXPRESS Racks (EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments for Space Station Racks)

HRF-1 (Human Research Facility - 1)

HRF-2 (Human Research Facility - 2)

IPU (Image Processing Unit)

NanoRacks Platforms (NanoRacks Platforms)

Saibo (Saibo Experiment Rack)

 

Refrigerator or Freezer

ARCTIC (ARCTIC Refrigerator and Freezer)

BTR (Biotechnology Temperature Refrigerator)

CRIM-M (Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module - Modified)

GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator)

GN2 (Kennedy Space Center Gaseous Nitrogen Freezer)

Kubik (Kubik)

MELFI (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS)

MERLIN (Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator)

 

Vibration Characterization

MAMS (Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System)

MVIS (Microgravity Vibration Isolation Subsystem)

SAMS-II (Space Acceleration Measurement System-II)



Physical Science

 

Combustion Science

CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack - Fluids and Combustion Facility)

 

Complex Fluids

PCG-STES (Protein Crystal Growth - Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System)

 

Fluid Physics

BXF (Boiling eXperiment Facility)

FIR (Fluids Integrated Rack - Fluids and Combustion Facility)

FPEF (Fluid Physics Experiment Facility)

FSL (Fluid Science Laboratory)

Ryutai (Ryutai Experiment Rack)

 

Fundamental Physics

 

Materials Science

EuTEF (European Technology Exposure Facility)

MSRR-1 (Materials Science Research Rack-1)



Technology Development and Demonstration

 

Characterizing Software Technology

SCAN Testbed (Facility) (Space Communications and Navigation Testbed)

SPHERES (Facility) (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites)

 

Robotic

 

Systems/Hardware Demonstration