ADvanced Space Experiment Processor

Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. ADSEP

Facility Description

ADSEP is a fully automated, modular, multi-use single middeck locker processing facility that has been used to conduct a variety of life and physical science experiments and small batch manufacturing simultaneously in up to four cassettes. Temperature control is available (4-40C).The cassettes are specifically designed for pharmaceutical research and manufacturing, cell culturing, tissue engineering, bioseparations, fluids processing and colloids. Each cassette is designed to provide up to 2-levels of containment for each experiment. The ADSEP Processing Facility can be remotely controlled and/or pre-programmed to process each experiment cassette without requiring any scheduled crew time. Cassettes may be a mix of any of the many, many available varieties. Investigators may choose to contract for any combination.

Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Available. Please contact the facility manager.

ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal

Owner:The entity that owns the facility. Redwire Space

Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
Redwire Space

Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
Redwire Space

Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Rachel Ormsby,
Redwire Space

Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
rachel.ormsby@redwirespace.com

Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy. EXPRESS Rack

Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.

Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA

Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability ISS National Lab CSP Facility

Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.

ADSEP first flew in the 1990’s aboard space shuttles. The technology has been continually improved over three decades. Two units are aboard the ISS today. The fourth-generation ADSEP is more capable than ever before, and accommodates a wide variety of sample types.

ADSEP Flysheet

ADSEP on NASA’s SSRE
ADSEP
ADSEP-2
ADSEP-4