Wet Lab Kit
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. Wet Lab Kit
Facility Description
The Wet Lab Kit is a soft goods caddy that contains tools and consumables to support in-orbit sampling. The contents of the Wet Lab Kit can be selected from a list of certified items that can be adjusted to meet the needs of each experiment. Once in orbit, the Wet Lab Kit can be resupplied using the Wet Lab Resupply Kit. The certified Wet Lab Kit supply list contains items such as vials, syringes, needles, gloves, and blunt needles. The Wet Lab Kit can also contain sample manipulating items such as the Disposable Glove Bag and associated hardware. Furthermore, absorbable material is included in the Wet Lab Kit for the cleanup of any sample or reagent that could escape during sample processing operations.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. NASA
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
NASA
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
Wyle Laboratories
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Rudy Aquilina,
NASA Ames Research Center
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
rudy.aquilina@nasa.gov
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.
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 Capability
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
iss049e040145 (10/19/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins working with WetLab-2 Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) SmartCycler tubes for Session 3. Wetlab RNA SmartCycler is a research platform for conducting real-time quantitative gene expression analysis aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The system enables spaceflight genomic studies involving a wide variety of biospecimen types in the unique microgravity environment of space. Image courtesy of NASA.