Rhodium Science Chamber 4MLS

Facility Description

Rhodium Science Chamber™ 4MLS (RhSC-4MLS) supports up to 42, 5 mL Rhodium Cryotubes for a total working volume of 210 mL per chamber. The RhSC-4MLS has been flight safety certified to operate between -100oC and +85oC, permitting use of the facility at all biological growth and preservation temperatures. The facility can be opened on orbit to access the internal Rhodium Cryotube hardware, allowing transfers to other Rhodium facilities, including the Rhodium Variable Gravity Simulator (low speed centrifuge). Science teams are encouraged to utilize the Rhodium Cryotubes during preflight tests to optimize growth parameters and avoid non-experiment variables from altering flight data interpretations. Rhodium can provide access to the proprietary Rhodium Quality, Industry Compatible (QuIC) Space Process™ for industry-recognized quality assurances that help de-risk the overall mission. As of Summer of 2024, The RhSC-4MLS facility had supported three different ISSInternational Space Station science experiments with four missions more manifested for launch and operation in 2024.

The Rhodium Science Chamber™ 4MLS (RhSC-4MLS) is available for immediate use and can support launches within 6-9 months of mission kickoff. The Rhodium Science and Mission Operations Teams will work to develop the best mission plan to optimize results and maximize success potentials for each science experiment.

Listed are examples of samples that can be supported by the Rhodium Science Chamber™ 4MLS (RhSC-4MLS): liquid or lyophilized cultures of bacteria, fungi, plants, virus, microeukaryotes, medical-grade fecal material, human biological material, plants, seed growth, plants, soils, food production, synthetic biology, tissue culture, organoids, and stem cells. Additional support for inorganic chemistry solutions/reagents, crystalline formations, pharmaceutical formulations, and material samples.