Drosophila Research
Drosophila Experiment Module
- Multi-generation Drosophila research experiments in space
- Techshot takes care of all NASA paperwork required to fly flies
- Color and IR video observation
- White and IR lighting
- Programmable day/night cycles
- Nominal experiment duration: 21 days (extensions possible)
- 0 – 2 g gravity control available
- Up to 12 separate simultaneous experiments per mission
- Operates aboard the International Space Station inside the Techshot Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform (MVP)
Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) facility
- Dual 390 mm rotors, simultaneous 0 – 2 g
- Twin independent self-balancing centrifuges: 0 – 2 g each
- Thermal control
- Humidity control
- 12 sample modules, each with video capability
- Experiment modules accommodate a wide variety of samples
- Cultured cells
- Drosophila
- Plants
- C. elegans
- Aquatics
- Cement
- Tissue Chips
- Rotors and sample modules removable on orbit.