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MICROGRAVITY FACILITY [31 records]

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Record 1 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Space Centres
OBS

NASA.

OBS

The Microgravity User Support Center(MUSC), located in Cologne(Germany, F. R.), which offers support for preparation, operation, and evaluation of microgravity experiments, is addressed. Both microgravity subsidisciplines, materials and life sciences are covered. MUSC will evolve through the upcoming missions in Spacelab, Eureca, Mir and Texus into a facility responsible center for the Space Station era.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Centres spatiaux
OBS

Microgravity Support Center; MUSC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale - CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Mammals
CONT

The Rhesus Research Facility(RRF) is a research environment designed to study the effects of microgravity using rhesus primates as human surrogates.

OBS

NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration]. Planned for Spacelabs 3 & 4.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Mammifères

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de investigación científica
  • Trabajos de investigación en el espacio
  • Mamíferos
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Record 3 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Microgravity Science Glovebox(MSG) is a joint development project between NASA and the European Space Agency(ESA). The double rack unit is a versatile research facility designed to permit the flexibility of crew-manipulated investigations. Its configuration has been planned around the concept of an experimental workstation where a variety of experiments can be installed and operated in a fashion very similar to their operation in a ground-based laboratory.... Specifically, the facility provides a large enclosed work volume, power, video, photography, vacuum connections, heat rejection, stowage, filtered air, gaseous nitrogen, lighting, airlock access, physical positioning and hold-down attachments, and computer data acquisition and control capabilities.

CONT

The MSG [Microgravity Science Glovebox] is a containment facility designed for supporting a wide range of microgravity science investigations and demonstrations. In the sealed mode, the MSG serves as a single level of containment by providing a physical barrier. In the air circulation mode the MSG serves as a one failure tolerant containment by providing a physical barrier and a negative pressure relative to the cabin. The MSG further facilitates investigations by providing many of the resources that are typically used by microgravity science investigations.

OBS

microgravity science glovebox; MSG: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

La boîte à gants permettra aux astronautes à bord de la Station spatiale internationale de procéder à de nombreuses expériences dans le domaine des matériaux, de la combustion, des fluides et de la technologie et de conduire des études sur l'environnement en microgravité. Elle devrait être lancée dans le mini-module logistique pressurisé en mai 2002. Cette installation scientifique offre un volume de travail clos et étanche ; elle est équipée de branchements pour l'éclairage, les dispositifs mécaniques, l'électricité, les données, le gaz et le vide et d'une régulation thermique pour mener à bien les expériences. On accède au volume de travail par des gants intégrés qui isolent l'expérience de l'environnement et de l'opérateur. La MSG [Microgravity Science Glovebox] est montée dans un bâti de charge utile international normalisé (ISPR) ; elle peut être utilisée en mode ouvert, l'air circulant alors du volume de travail vers la cabine de la Station spatiale, ou en mode fermé, l'air ne circulant qu'à l'intérieur de la MSG. De plus, la boîte à gants est capable de maintenir une atmosphère inerte avec de l'azote sec, le volume d'oxygène restant alors égal ou inférieur à 10 %.

OBS

boîte à gants; MSG : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

... DECLIC is a new, modular, multi-user facility currently being designed and built by the French Space Agency, CNES, for use aboard the International Space Station. This facility is being designed to conduct microgravity investigations in critical phenomena and directional solidification of transparent alloys. Specifically, DECLIC will accommodate chemical-physical studies of supercritical pure fluids with a critical temperature lower than 100°C and a critical pressure lower than 100 bar... and supercritical pure fluids and solutions with a critical temperature lower than 600°C and a critical pressure lower than 500 bar... It will also accommodate microgravity investigations in morphological stability at the solid/liquid interface during crystal growth in transparent alloys. In addition, investigations in condensed matter physics requiring a long term microgravity environment can also take advantage of the capabilities offered by DECLIC.

OBS

material sciences and fluid physics facility; DECLIC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • materials science and fluid physics facility
  • material science and fluid physics facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Déclic [est un] instrument de recherche en microgravité [qui] sera installé sur [la Station spatiale internationale] en 2004. Des expériences sur les processus de solidification des matériaux et sur les fluides critiques et supercritiques seront ainsi effectuées.

CONT

L'instrument DÉCLIC (Dispositif pour l'Étude de la Croissance et des Liquides Critiques) est la poursuite de Alice II sur MIR. Il s'agit d'un minilaboratoire intégré comportant des diagnostics optiques et thermodynamiques ainsi que des thermostats haute pression et haute température. Il sera installé dans le module américain Destiny [...] Ces études tiendront une place de premier plan dans le génie des procédés de demain avec la combustion dans l'eau, la destruction des déchets à basse température, l'élaboration de poudres ou de céramiques ou encore la dépollution des sols.

OBS

instrument d'étude des phénomènes critiques et de la solidification directionnelle des alliages transparents; instrument DÉCLIC : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The European Physiology Modules(EPM) constitute a multi-user facility supporting physiological experiments in respiratory/cardiovascular conditions, hormonal/body fluid shift, bone demineralisation and neuroscience. EPM incorporates physiological instruments(Science Modules) provided by the ESA [European Space Agency] microgravity programme and the national programmes of ESA member states. The EPM will be accommodated in one ISPR [International Standard Payload Rack]. EPM comprises a number of diverse Science Modules to support typical physiological experiments having duration times ranging from hours to a few months.

OBS

European physiology module; EPM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[...] l'adaptation et l'intégration d'équipements de physiologie EPM (European Physiological Modules) et le développement d'un laboratoire de biologie Biolab.

OBS

module européen de physiologie; EPM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The U. S. Laboratory's major initial science facilities will be the Human Research Facility, to assess crew health and to survey how the human body responds and adapts to microgravity-particularly the heart and lungs, muscles and bones, and sense of balance and body regulatory systems such as temperature control and wake-sleep cycles.

CONT

The Human Research Facility [include the following] equipment [:]a Gas Analyzer for metabolic analysis physiology[;] a Dynamometer to measure the mechanical power of arm muscles[;] a Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device to learn the exact body mass of individual crew members[;] simple instruments to draw blood and urine samples, assess pulse rate, and study balance and eye, head and body coordination.

OBS

human research facility; HRF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

HRF rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

[...] six étagères bourrées d'équipements [...] seront installées dans le laboratoire scientifique Destiny. L'un de ces bâtis scientifiques, dit le «Human Research Facility», servira à la conduite d'expériences biomédicales.

OBS

appareillage de recherche sur l'humain; HRF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le G roupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • appareillage de recherche sur l'Homme

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

Since its first flight on the Second International Microgravity Laboratory(IML-2) mission in July of 1994, the BDPU has been upgraded to accommodate a high-voltage power supply so that experiments on electrohydrodynamic processes can be performed. The facility can accommodate several types of test cells with each one dedicated to a specific experiment. Commands can be sent from the ground to inject bubbles into liquid-filled test cells and then to subject these cells to predetermined temperature differences. Cameras and sensors will observe and record temperatures and densities as well as the positions of bubbles or drops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Mécaniques des fluides. Les expériences sont menées à l'aide d'un appareillage baptisé BDPU (Bubble, Drop and Particle Unit, soit «Unité Bulles, Gouttes et Particules») conçu et réalisé par l'ESA. Le processus étudié est le rôle de la tension engendrée à l'interface liquide/liquide, liquide/gaz. C'est cette tension qui donne par exemple à la bulle de savon sa forme sphérique caractéristique : plus la tension de surface de la bulle est forte et uniforme, plus la bulle est sphérique et stable. Cette tension à l'interface diminue quand la température augmente. Il s'ensuit que, dans un liquide, les bulles migrent vers la partie la plus chaude du liquide, ce phénomène porte le nom de migration thermocapillaire. Sur Terre, l'effet de cette tension interraciale est souvent masqué par la gravité. On a étudié entre autres comment les bulles et les gouttes réagissent dans un liquide soumis à des variations de température et de concentration, à la solidification ou l'évaporation.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

[The] Low Temperature Microgravity Physics Facility... LTMPF is a liquid helium dewar with attached electronics that will house two instrument inserts, keeping them cooled below 2 Kelvins for six months. The facility permits real-time monitoring of the data and allows transmission of commands for telescience operations. Precision sensors of temperature, pressure, and acceleration, modified to function well in the cosmic ray environment of Earth orbit, are supplied as parts of this facility.

OBS

low temperature microgravity physics facility; LTMPF : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

enceinte de physique microgravitaire à basse température; LTMPF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

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Record 9 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

Researchers on the LMS [Lite and Microgravity Spacelab] mission conducted three experiments to provide answers to this and similar questions. The Animal Enclosure Module housed the laboratory rats for bone loss study; the Space Tissue Loss Module allowed observation of the embryonic development of fish; and the Plant Growth Facility supported an investigation about the effects of microgravity on the cell walls of conifer seedlings.

OBS

plant growth facility: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Les chercheurs de la mission LMS [Lite and Microgravity Spacelab] ont effectué trois expériences pour tenter de faire la lumière sur ce phénomène et d'autres semblables. L'enceinte de recherche animale (AEM pour Animal Enclosure Module) transportera des rats de laboratoire pour l'étude sur la déperdition osseuse; le module spatial d'étude sur la perte tissulaire (STLM pour Space Tissue Loss Module) a permis d'observer le développement embryonnaire chez le poisson et l'installation de croissance végétale (PGF pour Plant Growth Facility) a été utilisée dans le cadre d'une étude sur les effets de la microgravité sur les parois cellulaires des semis de conifère.

OBS

module de croissance végétale : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The U. S. Laboratory's major initial science facilities will [include the] Biotechnology Facility, for the application of engineering and technology research in, for instance, improved protein crystal growth in microgravity for more effective medicines, and human cell tissue culturing for studying diseases and their cures.

OBS

biotechnology facility: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Biotechnology Facility. Ce rack comporte six sous-ensembles interchangeables et modulables selon les expériences en cours. Ses éléments seront utilisés dans de nombreuses occasions, qu'il s'agisse de cultures cellulaires, de croissance de cristaux, études des protéines, séparations biochimiques, micro-encapsulation. Chacun de ses sous-ensembles est énergétiquement autonome et peut être alimenté sous différentes atmosphères (oxygène, nitrogène, dioxyde de carbone et argon). Il comporte son propre système informatique et un dispositif indépendant de prises de vues.

OBS

laboratoire de biotechnologie : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The "International Microgravity Plasma Facility"(IMPF) introduces a new modular concept for experimenting in space. It is a laboratory, designed for the International Space Station, to investigate "complex plasmas"-in regard to the fundamental physics and the application potential. A "complex plasma"(or dusty plasma) is a "normal" electron-ion plasma with an additional charged component of small micron-sized particles.

OBS

international microgravity plasma facility; IMPF : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[...] le matériel IMPF (International Microgravity Plasma Facility) permet de réaliser des expériences sur des plasmas (gaz ionisés) contenant des microparticules.

OBS

laboratoire international de recherche sur les plasmas en microgravité; IMPF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

Aquatic Animal Experiment Facility(AAEF). The AAEF is a sub-rack facility that will accommodate freshwater and saltwater organisms(such as Medaka fish) inside the JEM environment. The facility will be designed to accommodate experiments for up to 90 days, making it possible to conduct research ranging from early development and differentiation to individual responses in the microgravity environment.

OBS

aquatic animal experiment facility; AAEF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

bac expérimental d'étude des organismes marins; AAEF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Protein Crystallisation Diagnostic Facility(PCDF) offers a multi-user research facility to enable an in-depth knowledge and understanding of protein crystal growth processes under microgravity conditions without convection and sedimentation effects. The PCDF will be accommodated in the European Drawer Rack. The PCDF comprises a process unit and an electronics unit. The process unit includes a process chamber housing experiment boxes containing the reactors in which experiment solutions are hosted as well as the reactor control electronics. The experiment boxes include drive systems for the individual injection of solutions into the reactors, complemented by a stirrer for experiment solution distribution. Diagnostics are provided within the process chamber or can be installed directly in the experiment boxes. The electronics unit accommodates all the controls for performing experiments as well as the interfaces to the European Drawer Rack.

OBS

protein crystallization diagnostics facility; PCDF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

...] le «Protein Crystallisation Diagnostics» Facility (PCDF) pour la cristallisation de macro-molécules biologiques et l'étude de leurs réactions à la pesanteur [...] permet d'effectuer des mesures détaillées et d'apporter des modifications précises à la température et à la concentration des molécules. Cet appareil [permet d'approfondir] les expériences menées par l'«Advance Protein Crystallisation Facility» (APCF).

OBS

module de diagnostic pour la cristallisation des protéines; PCDF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The ISS [International Space Station] Fluids and Combustion Facility(FCF)... FCF will usher in a new era of fluids and combustion research. It is a modular, multi-user, permanent microgravity science laboratory that is capable of accommodating a minimum of 10 combustion and fluids science investigations per year over an expected 10-year life cycle. The FCF will make it possible for researchers on the ground, with the assistance of the astronauts in space, to schedule and perform studies of how fluids and flames behave in the absence of gravity... The FCF will occupy three powered ISS racks and an equivalent amount of storage space and have rack closure doors and structural interfaces with the ISS.

OBS

fluids and combustion facility; FCF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • microgravity fluids and combustion facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Le «Fluids and Combustion Facility» [est un] triple bâti, conçu par le Lewis Research Center de la NASA, [dédié à] l'étude de la physique des fluides (liquides, gaz et mélanges) et de la combustion en apesanteur. Il comprend une chambre de combustion, des dispositifs de dosage des gaz et des liquides, ainsi que divers systèmes très élaborés d'éclairage, de polarisation, de prise de vues, [...] incluant l'enregistrement vidéo numérique.

OBS

laboratoire de recherche sur la combustion et les fluides ; FCF: terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

[The] MVIS(Microgravity Vibration Isolation Subsystem)... consists of a distributed set of large gap Lorentz force actuators, with permanent magnets mounted on the FCE [Facility Core Element] and voice coils attached to the ISPR [International Standard Payload Rack]. Three accelerometer assemblies are also mounted on the FCE, housing three accelerometers each. This allows determination of both the linear accelerations and the rotational acceleration of the FCE, and allows for up to three levels of redundancy. There are four Light Emitting Diodes(LEDs) mounted on the FCE with collimated beams directed at four two dimensional Position Sensing Devices(PSDs) mounted on the ISPR. This allows for tracking the position and orientation of the FCE with respect to the ISPR.

OBS

microgravity vibration isolation subsystem; MVIS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Le Sous-système d'isolation contre les vibrations en microgravité (MVIS) [...] est basé sur un système de lévitation magnétique à six degrés de liberté. En raison des dimensions imposantes du FCE [Facility Core Element], les actionneurs Lorenz, les détecteurs de position et les accéléromètres utilisés pour le système MVIS ont été distribués tout autour du FCE. MVIS comprend un ensemble réparti d'actionneurs Lorentz dont les aimants permanents sont montés sur le FCE et les bobines mobiles sont attachées au ISPR [International Standard Payload Rack]. Trois assemblages d'accéléromètres, qui incluent d'ailleurs trois accéléromètres chacun, sont aussi montés à l'intérieur du FCE. Ceci permet la détermination des accélérations linéaires et rotationnelles du FCE et permet jusqu'à trois niveaux de redondance (axes X, Y et Z). Il y a quatre diodes électroluminescents montés dans le FCE à l'aide de poutres alignées qui sont dirigés vers quatre Capteurs de position (PSDs) bidimensionnels montées dans le ISPR. Ce procédé permet de localiser la position et l'orientation de l'élément central en fonction du ISPR.

OBS

sous-système d'isolation contre les vibrations en microgravité; MVIS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

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Record 16 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
CONT

The European Space Research and Technology Center has developed a small, space qualified and TV compatible IR viewing system able to visualize thermal flows in fluids in microgravity. This instrument is a part of the diagnostics of a Spacelab facility, namely the Autonomous Fluid Physics Module(AFPM) flown on the last Spacelab D2 mission(April to May 1993). One of the main objectives of the research is to enable monitoring changes in the surface temperature of a fluid following the application of different stimuli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale

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Record 17 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Advanced Protein Crystallisation Facility(APCF) is a satellite-borne facility developed by the European Spage Agency(ESA). The APCF first flew in space in 1993, and, since then, has been the primary facility for microgravity protein crystallisation activities in Europe. The Protein Crystallisation Diagnostics Facility(PCDF) is the follow-on instrument to APCF and, from 2004, should enable scientists to quantitatively investigate gravity-dependent effects on crystal growth.

OBS

advanced protein crystallisation facility; APCF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • protein crystallization facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

installation de recherche de pointe sur la cristallisation des protéines; APCF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

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Record 18 2003-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

On its first flight EURECA was expected to achieve microgravity conditions of 5 x 10-7 9 and carried five Microgravity Multi-User Facilities : Automatic Monoellipsoid Mirror Furnace(AMP), the Exobiology and Radiation Assembly(ERA), the Multi-Furnace Assembly(MFA), the Protein Crystallization Facility(PCF), and the Solution Growth Facility(SGF). Also on board were the High Precision Thermostat(HPT) and the Surface Forces Adhesion(SPA) materials science experiments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

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Record 19 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Heat (Physics)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Microgravity Sciences Space Station Payload Facilities program will develop three major facilities for the Space Station : the Biotechnology Facility(BTF), the Fluids and Combustion Facility(FCF), and the Space Station Furnace Facility(SSFF).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Chaleur (Physique)
  • Stations orbitales

Spanish

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Record 20 2002-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Physics of Solids
OBS

advanced gradient heating facility : In the area of microgravity sciences and materials processing, six individual experiments, some with many separate runs, were conducted in the Advanced Gradient Heating Facility, a furnace for solidifying alloys and crystals. These experiments yielded information on the physical processes involved in solidification, and the results may help drive the production of advanced semiconductor materials in space and on Earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Physique des solides

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Record 21 2002-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

NASA will also launch Europe's laboratory module, the Columbus Orbital Facility.... In return, Europe is providing NASA with two connecting nodes, cryogenic freezer racks, crew refrigerator/freezer racks, sustaining engineering and spares for a laboratory freezer and microgravity science glovebox, and hardware and support for NASA's Software Development Integration Laboratory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

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Record 22 2002-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Space Centres
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Developed specifically for use in the microgravity environment, the Space DRUMSÖ(Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System) facility uses an acoustic levitation process that enables large fluid or solid material samples to be positioned and held stably in microgravity while they are being processed on the space station. Called containerless processing, this leading-edge system of dynamic acoustic beam positioning prevents the samples from touching the walls of their containers, thus avoiding defects or contamination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Centres spatiaux
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Mis au point spécifiquement pour utilisation en conditions de microgravité, le module Space DRUMSÖ (Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System) utilise un procédé de lévitation acoustique qui permet de positionner et de stabiliser de gros échantillons de matières liquides ou solides dans des conditions de microgravité pendant leur traitement à bord de la station spatiale. Appelé traitement sans creuset, ce procédé de pointe utilisant le positionnement dynamique par rayon acoustique empêche les échantillons de venir en contact avec les parois de leurs contenants, ce qui prévient tout défaut et toute contamination.

Spanish

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Record 23 2002-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Space Station Furnace Facility is to begin operations in 2002. Materials-science furnaces can carefully study and control the processes by which materials are formed. The persistent one gravity tug here on Earth disguises a multitude of forces that are altered once introduced into a microgravity environment.... This facility is geared to take advantage of the weakening of natural phenomena such as convection, sedimentation, buoyancy, and hydrostatic pressure.

OBS

space station furnace facility; SSFF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

four de la station spatiale; SSFF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

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Record 24 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The MARES is aisle mounted, capable of assessing the strength of isolated muscle groups around joints, or complete limbs by controlling and measuring interrelationship between position/velocity and torque/force as a function of time. It has interfaces to the US Lab or Columbus Laboratory. Sensors, direct drive motor, battery and electronics are housed in the "Main Box". Chair and human adapters provide the subject restraints. The Microgravity Isolation Frame, to which the Main Box attaches, minimises disturbances to other payloads. MARES uses the Human Research Facility portable computer(HRF PC) for interacting with the subject/operator. MARES is capable of acquiring data, controlling and providing power to external devices(HRF PC, PEMS, EMG amplifiers, etc.), and transfers real time data to the rack mounted Workstation for downlink. It is capable of 1 hour of stand-alone data collection...

OBS

muscle atrophy research and exercise system; MARES: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Médecine aérospatiale
CONT

André Kuipers [...] coordonne les données scientifiques utilisées pour le développement du système d'exercice et de recherche en atrophie musculaire et du stimulateur musculaire électrique percutané, qui sont destinés à la Station spatiale internationale.

OBS

système d'exercice et de recherche en atrophie musculaire; MARES : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 25 2002-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Research Experiments in Space
DEF

An electromagnetic levitation facility that allows containerless processing of metallic samples in microgravity.

CONT

The TEMPUS [German acronym] 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.

OBS

TEMPUS facility: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[...] le four TEMPUS (appareil de [sustentation] électromagnétique construit par la Dara) [permettra] de réaliser quinze expériences en science des matériaux et en physique des fluides.

OBS

four TEMPUS : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 26 2002-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Material Science Laboratory (MSL) offers a multi-user capability to support scientific research in solidification physics, crystal growth with semi-conductors, measurement of thermophysical properties and the physics of liquid states. MSL occupies about half of an ISPR [International Standard Payload Rack] in the US Lab, and one ISPR in the Columbus Laboratory. The two MSL versions are identical except for minor rack interface differences. Each MSL comprises a core element consisting of a sealed process chamber in which interchangeable furnace inserts are hosted. These inserts process the samples. The sample cartridges are manually loaded into one of the furnaces. The furnace can be moved over the sample cartridge to displace the thermal gradients. Diagnostic systems provide scientific data on the facility and sample cartridge during operations. As the furnaces are modular, they can be upgraded or replaced according to utilisation needs. Additional MSL units complete the accommodation and operational interfaces to the laboratory.

CONT

The MSL will be developed in two versions :Facility 1, to be accommodated within the US Laboratory Module of the International Space Station; and Facility 2, to be accommodated on board the European Columbus Laboratory. These two facilities are very similar to each other; the main differences being that the US Laboratory version of MSL is accommodated inside the NASA Materials Science Research Rack. This rack is equipped with the Active Rack Isolation System ARIS, which provides a modicum of isolation from microgravity disturbances.

OBS

materials sciences laboratory; MSL: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Materials science laboratory electromagnetic levitator (MSL-EML).

Key term(s)
  • material sciences laboratory
  • materials science laboratory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[Le] Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) [est] destiné à l'étude de phénomènes de coagulation en microgravité, des propriétés thermiques et physiques des matériaux et de la croissance des cristaux.

OBS

laboratoire de sciences des matériaux; MSL : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 27 2002-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

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.

OBS

advanced Titus: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[...] le four TITUS [a été mis en marche] pour réaliser les expériences INSITU et EQUI. Ces deux expériences étudient, grâce à la micropesanteur, les phénomènes de solidification en l'absence de convection. La solidification d'un alliage métallique est en effet un phénomène complexe. Dans un «barreau» dont les extrémités sont maintenues à des températures hautes et basses encadrant la température du point de fusion, il s'établit un front de solidification. Selon les écarts de température (le gradient), ce front peut prendre différents aspects. Pour un faible gradient de température, le front de solidification demeure pratiquement plan. Dans ces conditions, en avant du front apparaissent, autour d'impuretés microscopiques, des grains de solidification à partir desquels la solidification s'effectue dans toutes les directions. Si le gradient augmente, le front se transforme et présente des petites excroissances solidifiées (des colonnes) qui donnent une croissance cristalline cellulaire (régulière). Si le gradient est encore plus important, ces colonnes se ramifient et donne une croissance cristalline dendritique (irrégulière). L'expérience INSITU étudie plus précisément la croissance cellulaire à l'aide d'un alliage cuivre-manganèse dont le point de fusion est de 870°C. L'expérience EQUI étudie la propagation de la solidification dans toutes les directions autour des noyaux de solidification (croissance «equiaxe») en utilisant un alliage aluminium-nickel dont la température de fusion est de 640°C.

OBS

Ces expériences ont été menées à bord de la station Mir.

OBS

four Titus : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 28 2001-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

As part of its Microgravity Facilities for Columbus Program, ESA [European Space Agency] is developing five multi-user laboratories in the fields of Biology, Human Physiology, Materials, and Fluid Science that will be provided to European scientists.

OBS

microgravity facility : term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Depuis que notre programme existe, nous avons gardé une vision claire de notre objectif, c'est-à-dire de faciliter l'accès à nos installations de laboratoire en microgravité pour qu'à long terme, nous utilisions avec efficacité nos actifs à la Station spatiale internationale (ISS).

OBS

bloc de laboratoires en microgravité : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 29 2001-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Most LTMPF [Low-Temperature Microgravity Physics Facility] experiments are sensitive to random vibrations, charged particles, and stray magnetic fields.... A passive vibration isolation system attenuates higher frequency(>1Hz) vibration inputs from the ISS [International Space Station] to below 500 micro g rms. Several layers of magnetic shielding are built into the instrument probe to protect the experiments from on-orbit variations in the magnetic field environment.

OBS

passive vibration isolation system: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

système passif d'isolation contre les vibrations : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 30 2000-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

The Diffusion Coefficient Measurement Facility(DCMF) measured the speed at which Mercuric Iodide(solid) is evaporated and then transported as a vapor under microgravity conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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Record 31 1999-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

Three space biology experiments in the middeck crew cabin lockers... the Animal Enclosure Module(AEM), Space Tissue Loss-Configuration B(STL-B) and the KSC-designed Plant Growth Facility(PGF)... will also be on board to study how microgravity affects the basic mechanisms of both animal and plant physiology.

CONT

The Animal Enclosure Module will house the laboratory rats for bone loss study ...

OBS

animal enclosure module; AEM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

L'enceinte de recherche animale (AEM pour Animal Enclosure Module) transportera des rats de laboratoire pour l'étude sur la déperdition osseuse; le module spatial d'étude sur la perte tissulaire (STLM pour Space Tissue Loss Module) a permis d'observer le développement embryonnaire chez le poisson et l'installation de croissance végétale (PGF pour Plant Growth Facility) a été utilisée dans le cadre d'une étude sur les effets de la microgravité sur les parois cellulaires des semis de conifère.

OBS

enceinte de recherche animale; AEM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones orbitales
  • Trabajos de investigación en el espacio
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