Facilities List by Discipline Emphasis Summary
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At assembly complete in 2010, the ISS will have a variety of multidisciplinary laboratory facilities and equipment available to support the National Laboratory operations. These capabilities have been built by NASA and its International Partners and can be made available on a time-shared basis to other US government agencies and private entities to pursue their own mission driven research and applications on the ISS. Shared utilization of these capabilities will be detailed in negotiated agreements with NASA and/or the sponsoring International Partner agency.
Use of facilities developed by international partners may require procurement of non-standard payload integration services. This facilities and capabilities list is organized by research discipline, including human research, physical sciences research, and multipurpose research.
Scientists and payload developers can get more information on International Space Station research facilities by contacting the ISS Payloads Office or at 281-244-6187.
Human Research | Biological Research | Physical Science | Earth Observation | Radiation Measurement and Dosimetry | Multi-purpose | External Facilities | Index of Related Capabilities
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Human Research
- HRF-1 (Human Research Facility-1)
- Ultrasound (Clinical Ultrasound Aboard the International Space Station) for diagnostic
- SLAMMD (Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device) for measuring crewmember mass
- HRF-2 (Human Research Facility-2)
- CBPD (Continuous Blood Pressure Device)
- PFS (Pulmonary Function System) includes GASMAP (Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic Analysis Physiology) and PFM/PAM (Photo-acoustic Analyzer Module/Pulmonary Function Module), determines the concentration of respired gases, when combined with GASMAP allows a wide range of tests of lung and cardiac function
- RC (Refrigerated Centrifuge), spins sample tubes from 1000-5000 rpm, at temperatures from ambient to +4°C
- HRF (Human Research Facility) Common Hardware
- International Human Research Hardware
- PEMS (Percutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulator)
- HGD/PFD (Hand Grip Dynamometer/Pinch Force Dynamometer)
- ETD (Eye Tracking Device)
- PMDIS/TRAC (Perceptual Motor Deficits in Space/Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities) push-button and joystick interfaces for software-driven tests of hand-eye coordination
- EPM (European Physiology Modules)
- Cardiolab
- MEEM (Multi-Electrode Electroencephalogram Mapping Module), EEG and EMG measurement
- Bone Analysis Module (BAM)
- HGD/PFD Handgrip Dynamometer/Pinch Force Dynamometer
- MARES (Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System)
- Measures the strength of isolated muscle groups in arms and legs
- PCBA (Portable Clinical Blood Analyzer - i-STAT)
- Analysis of biological fluids
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Biological Research (Incubators, Refrigerators, Freezers, and Centrifuges)
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Physical Science Research
- MAMS (Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System)
- Measures accelerations caused by the aerodynamic drag created as the International Space Station (ISS) moves through space, rotates and vents water, in the frequency range from 0.01 Hz to 100 Hz
- SAMS-II (Space Acceleration Measurement System-II)
- Measures vibratory/transient accelerations caused by vehicle, crew and equipment disturbances in the frequency range from 0.01 to 300 Hz
- CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack)
- Fuel management, combustion chamber, cameras
- FIR (Fluids Integrated Rack)
- Optics bench, cameras
- Microscope: Light Microscopy Module (LMM) with 0.5x, 10x, 40x, 63x (oil) and 100x (oil) objectives, with laboratory grade high resolution digital cameras
- Designed for optional Neodydium: Yttrium Aregon Garnet (YAG) laser, gas chromatograph, and confocal fluorescence microscopy options
- FSL (Fluid Science Laboratory)
- White light and monochromatic lasers
- Camera systems: still, high speed video, high-resolution, and infrared
- Laser Doppler anemometer
- GCF (Granada Crystallization Facililty)
- Passive protein crystal growth
- MSRR-1 (Materials Science Research Rack-1)
- Microgravity Science Lab Furnace
- Ryutai (Ryutai Experiment Rack)
- SpaceDRUMS (Space Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System)
- Facilitate containerless advanced materials science, including combustion synthesis and fluid physics
- DECLIC (Device for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization)
- Optical bench for examining transparent materials at critical points, or during solidification
- BXF (Boiling Experiment Facility)
- Facilitate boiling experiments in microgravity
- Vulcan-TP/PDA (Vulcan-Thermophysical Properties/Power and Data Acquisition)
- Designed to utilize electromagnetic levitating and containerless melting and positioning technology
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Earth Observation Research
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Radiation Measurement and Dosimetry
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Multi-purpose
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External Facilities
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Index of Related Capabilities
Gloveboxes
Centrifuges
Refrigerators and Freezers
Incubators
Microscopes
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Information Provided and Updated by the ISS Program Scientist's Office