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SpaceRef - Exploration and Missions - Human Missions - International Space Station - Microgravity Science Hardware

  • Advanced Furnace for microgravity Experiment with X-ray radiography (AFEX) - AFEX is a multiuser image furnace which has the capability of in-situ observation using X-ray radiography. This furnace is a NASDA Space Station Facility that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Advanced Gradient Heating Facility for Spacehab The Advanced Gradient Heating Facility (AGHF) - AGHF is a Bridgman-type gradient furnace designed to investigate the effect of gravity on directional solidification and crystal growth processes at high temperatures. AGHF was originally flown on Spacelab but has been re-furbished for Spacehab and flew on STS-95. ESA is considering the possibility of further flights of AGHF on the International Space Station.

  • Advanced Protein Crystallisation Facility for Spacehab and the ISS (APCF) - APCF was conceived to perform screening experiments under reduced gravity and temperature controlled conditions, with some diagnostic capabilities, during a shuttle mission. APCF is a locker-type facility which can be accommodated in the middeck of the US Space Shuttle or in a locker of the Spacehab module installed in the cargo bay of the Shuttle or in a drawer rack of the International Space Station.

  • Advanced TITUS - This facility is a tubular furnace with 9 heater segments and diagnostic and functional modules. It is designed to study crystal growth, solidification dynamics (various experimental types), thermophysical properties in microgravity.

  • Biotechnology Facility Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Biotechnology Facility for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 11K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • Clean Bench (CB) - CB will provide a closed work space for aseptic operation in order to perform life science and biotechnology experiments. This is a NASDA Space Station Facility that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) - ELF is a facility for material experiments that can heat the levitated sample in a microgravity environment and provides containerless processing by levitating the sample. The ELF provides a pyrometer, a thermal imaging system, and a video camera for observation. This is a NASDA Space Station Facility that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Facilities for microgravity investigations in fluid science - A description of various facilities for fluids research in space provided by the European Space Agency.

  • Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF) - FPEF will be used to conduct fluid physics experiments in a moderate temperature environment. The FPEF has in situ observation capabilities such as 2D/3D flow field observations, surface temperature measurement, ultrasonic velocity profile measurement and surface-flow rate observation. This is a NASDA Space Station Facility that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) - FSL is a multi-user research facility on board the Columbus Laboratory (COF) dedicated to investigations in fluid physics under microgravity conditions. It can be operated in a fully automatic or semi-automatic mode on the station by the flight crew or remotely controlled from ground in the so called tele-science mode.

  • FluidPac - FluidPac is a facility to conduct experimental investigations on fluids in weightlessness. It was conceived to allow observation and quantitative measurements of typical thermo-capillary phenomena at a free liquid-gas interface, but other kinds of fluid physics experiments may be performed as well.

  • Fluids and Combustion Facility Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Fluids and Combustion Facility for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 11K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • Isothermal Furnace (IF) - The Isothermal Furnace (ITF) is a multipurpose furnace for forming materials and conducting research on solidification and diffusion of melting samples with a uniform temperature profile. This is a NASDA Space Station Furnace that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Low Temperature Microgravity Physics Facility Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Low Temperature Microgravity Physics Facility for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 11K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • Materials Science Research Facility Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Materials Science Research Facility for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 7K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • Materials Sciences Laboratory and furnace inserts for the ISS (MSL) - The Materials Sciences Laboratory is being developed to support four priority areas of microgravity research on the International Space Station: solidification physics, the measurement of thermophysical properties of materials, crystal growth by zone melting, and crystal growth by Bridgman techniques.

  • Microgravity Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) - FCF is a modular, multi-user facility to accommodate microgravity science experiments on board the US Laboratory Module of the International Space Station. The FCF is being developed by the Microgravity Science Division (MSD) at the NASA Glenn Research Center.

  • Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) - Main website for the MSG which will fly aboard the International Space Station.

  • Microgravity Science Glovebox Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 7K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • MOrphological transition in transparent MOdel materials (MOMO) - The ESA facility MOMO is designed to study directional solidification of optically transparent melts. It investigates the effect of gravity on the formation of growth morphologies.

  • Protein Crystallisation Diagnostics Facility for the Columbus Laboratory (PCDF) - This instrument focuses on understanding the nucleation and crystallisation processes and the influence of gravity thereon. It will enable the monitoring of, and in turn control of, these processes over long periods in microgravity using advanced diagnostics instruments. The PCDF will be installed in the European Drawer Rack (EDR) in ESA’s Columbus Laboratory (COF) on the International Space Station.

  • Solution/Protein Crystal Growth Facility (SPCF) - SPCF consists of two major units, the Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF) and the Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF). The PCRF grows large, high-quality protein crystals for ground analysis. This is a NASDA Space Station Facility that will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • Space Acceleration Measurement System - II Catalog - This site contains a description of the capabilities of the Space Acceleration Measurement System for the International Space Station which can be downloaded as an 7K Adobe Acrobat file.

  • TEMPUS for Spacehab & Advanced TEMPUS for the ISS - The TEMPUS facility supports containerless positioning and heating of electrically conducting samples. Using special devices, even semiconductors can be positioned and melted. The absence of container walls leads to the possibility of undercooling the liquid sample by several hundred degrees and to study its properties and solidification behaviour.

  • The Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF) - GHF is a NASDA Space Station Facility that has three independent heating zones that can provide various temperature profiles in accordance with the experiment requirements under vacuum conditions. This facility will be located in the Japanese Experiment Module.

  • The Technical Reference Manual for the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) - This page contains links to several Adobe Acrobat documents which contain the technical references for the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) which will fly aboard the International Space Station.


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