Experiments with small animals in BIOLAB and EMCS on the International Space Station

被引:21
作者
Brinckmann, E
Schiller, P
机构
[1] European Space Agcy, Estec, MSM, GFB, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
[2] Estec, TOS, MMG, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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SPACE LIFE SCIENCES: BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND SPACE RADIATION | 2002年 / 30卷 / 04期
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10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00401-5
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V [航空、航天];
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08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
Two ESA facilities will be available for animal research and other biological experiments on the International Space Station: the European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) in the US Lab "Destiny" and BIOLAB in the European "Columbus" Laboratory. Both facilities use standard Experiment Containers, mounted on two centrifuge rotors allowing either research in microgravity or acceleration studies with variable g-levels from 0.001 to 2.0xg. Standard interface plates provide each container with power and data lines, gas supply (controlled CO2, O-2 concentration and relative humidity), and -for EMCS only- connectors to fresh and waste water reservoirs. The experiment hardware inside the containers will be developed by the user, but ESA conducted a feasibility study for several kinds of Experiment Support Equipment with potential use for research on small animals: design concepts for experiments with insects, with aquatic organisms like rotifers and nematodes, and with small aquatic animals (sea urchin larvae, tadpoles, fish youngsters) are described in detail in this presentation. Also ESA's initial steps to support experiments with rodents on the Space Station are presented. (C) 2002 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:809 / 814
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