Cold Atom Lab

iss022e015850 (12/30/2009) --- The image shows a front view of EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station EXPRESS Rack 4 (Rack 4,JPM/1F5) in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM). Equipment visible in the EXPRESS Rack includes the Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (BSTC) and the Gas Supply Module (GSM) support hardware for the CBOSS (Cellular Biotechnology Operations Support Systems) investigations, and the Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization (DECLIC).

Mobile SpaceLab

iss048e049789 (8/5/2016) --- A view of the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) grappled by the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) during operations to transfer the NREP to the JEM (Japanese Experiment Module) Exposed Facility (JEF). The NREP contains the NanoRacks-Gumstix and NanoRacks NanoTube Solar Cell payloads. The NanoRacks External Platform is a compact research platform fitted for versatile use on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).

Flight Test Platform

jsc2024e043917 (7/10/2024) --- Packed Bed Reactor Experiment-Water Recovery (PBRE-WR) examines flow rates of gas and liquid through a filtering substrate in the space station water processor, replacing oxygen with nitrogen. This preflight image shows the PBRE-WR test section with alumina packed bed material loaded. Scientists aim to learn more about how reduced gravity affects the performance and reliability of various filtration systems

Packed Bed Reactor Experiment

jsc2009e141390 (Apr. 23, 2009) --- Constrained Vapor Bubble (CVB) Experiment at NASA's Johnson Space Center. CVB aims to better understand the physics of evaporation and condensation to help create an efficient and highly reliable cooling equipment for space, where replacement parts are difficult or impossible.

Constrained Vapor Bubble

iss047e004376 (3/11/2016) --- A view during the installation and configuration of the Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space (OASIS) hardware into the Microgravity, in the U.S. Laboratory. OASIS studies the unique behavior of liquid crystals in microgravity, including their overall motion and the merging of crystal layers known as smectic islands. Liquid crystals are used for display screens in televisions and clocks and they also occur in soaps and in cell membranes. The experiment allows detailed studies of the behavior of these structures and how microgravity affects their unique ability to act like both a liquid and a solid crystal.

OASIS Liquid Crystal Facility

iss062e014349 (Feb. 16, 2020) --- A view of NASA astronaut Jessica Meir configuring the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) for the Advanced Colloids Experiment-Temperature-4 (ACE-T-4) science in the Destiny module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Introducing disorder to a crystalline system in a controlled way can form glass. Advanced Colloids Experiment-Temperature-4 (ACE-T-4) examines the transition of an ordered crystal to a disordered glass to determine how increasing disorder affects structural and dynamic properties.

Advanced Colloids Experiments

iss056e098995 (July 26, 2018) --- Astronaut Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) works inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module taking pictures of samples for the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-Cohesive Sedimentation investigation (BCAT-CS). The fluid physics research explores the sedimentary properties of quartz and clay particles. Mixed quartz and clay samples are suspended in a liquid for photographic and video downlink to scientists on Earth helping guide future geological studies of unexplored planets and improving petroleum exploration here on Earth.

Binary Colloidal Alloy Test

ISS006-E-07275 (16 December 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander, works with an experiment in a portable glovebox facility called the Maintenance Work Area (MWA) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

Portable Glovebox

MaRVIn Installed in the MSG Onboard the ISS

Microgravity Research for Versatile Investigations

A view aboard the International Space Station Columbus module with the Ice Cube #9 BioCube. Ice Cube #9 seeks to analize the Skin Microbiome of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

International Commercial Experiment Cubes

General-purpose Oceaneering Latching Device

General-purpose Oceaneering Latching Device