Bartolomeo is an external payload hosting platform attached to the
ISS Columbus Module. The platform offers can accommodate payloads ranging from only 3U up to
~1.3m³ (~46ft³) and weighing up to 450kg (990lb). In its all-in-one space mission service,
Airbus takes care of all mission elements, from necessary paperwork through launch and
operations to payload return (optional) – except the payload development itself.
ICE Cubes Facility (ICF)
General Research Facility utilizing Cubes
Company: Space Applications Services
ICF located in European module (COL) accommodates 1U-unit Cube-shape
payloads.Payload size can vary from 1U thru 4x3U with power and comm supply via D-SUB
(DB13W3) interface.
TangoLab (TangoLab-1, TangoLab-2)
General Research Facility utilizing CubeLabsTM
Company: Space Tango
TangoLab located in US module (US Lab) accommodates 1U-unit
Cube-shape payloads.Payload size can vary from 1U thru 2x3U with power and comm supply via
15 Pin D-Sub interface.
Powered Ascent Utility Locker (PAUL)
Powered Facility
Company: Space Tango
PAUL is a general-use powered locker facility certified for ascent
and descent for International Space Station (ISS) visiting vehicles. PAUL provides power
through the front panel and then distributes it to internal CubeLabs.
Advanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP)
Multi-Purpose Facility
Company: Techshot
ADSEP contains three independent thermal zones, each accommodating one cassette, and an
internal computer that controls the internal functions of all three cassettes.
Cassettes can house bioseparation methods, diffusion-cell and mixing-cell capabilities, and
cell-culturing equipment.
Bone Densitometer
X-ray
Company: Techshot
The Bone Densitometer provides bone mineral and body composition results from total body
imaging in less than 5 minutes.With an image area of 80 mm x 65 mm, the Bone Densitometer
can image the entire body of most mice.
Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform (MVP)
Centrifuge
Company: Techshot
MVP has two rotors to generate 0-2g simultaneously.12 modules can be accommodated with a
wide variety of samples such as Cultured cells, Plants and Tissue Chips.
BioFabrication Facility (BFF)
3D printer
Company: Techshot
BFF is a 3D bio-printer which can print living tissue in space.Its applications are
biomanufacturing human organs and tissues.
Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF)
3D printer
Company: Made In Space
AMF is a 3D printer facility onboard, providing hardware manufacturing services.AMF has
manufactured a number of parts, tools, devices, and multi-part assemblies to be used.
Made In Space Fiber Optics (MIS Fiber)
Manufacturing
Company: Made In Space
MIS Fiber miniature fiber-pulling machine harnesses the unique properties of the
microgravity environment to produce ZBLAN optical fiber orders of magnitude better than what
can be produced on Earth.ZBLAN optical fiber produced in space provides superior data
transmission capabilities compared to traditional silica fiber optic lines.
MOTI
Manufacturing
Company: SpacePharma
MoTi located in 24U free-flyer satellite is the first pharmaceutical production facility in
space. All 4x experiment cartridges are integrated. The miniaturized laboratory is a closed
milli-fluidics system that can perform wide range of processes. Name of Moti derives from a
name of a movie— Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
SpacePharma Advanced Lab (SPAd)
Microfluidic lab-on-chip
Company: SpacePharma
SPAd-ISS is a 3-6U system capable of performing advanced experiments in biology and
biochemistry using a microfluidic lab-on-chip approach.
SPAd also has another configuration pakcked in in a 4-8 U free-flyer satellite. This
configuration enables performance of chemical and biological reaction that cannot be
performed above the ISS due to safety considerations.
MISSE
External multi-Purpose Facility
Company: Alpha Space
MISSE provides external environment such as extreme levels of solar- and charged-particle
radiation, atomic oxygen, hard vacuum and temperature extremes for testing any technology
including electronics, solar cells, materials and biologics. Exposure to any orbital
direction (ram, wake, zenith and nadir) is available. Utilities include power, data,
photographs and environmental sensors. MISSE can elevate spaceflight technology readiness to
TRL-8 “Flight Qualified”. There is a MISSE launch and a return flight about every six months
for the life of the ISS.
This website is for introduction purpose only and JAMSS is not
affiliated or responsible for the missions above.
