European Physiology Modules
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The European Physiology Modules (EPM) is an International Standard Payload Rack for the Columbus Laboratory on board the ISS. The EPM rack is built by OHB-System in Bremen.
It includes some science container for medical experiments.
The following science container are included.
- Multi-Electrode Electroencephalography Module (MEEMM) - For neurologic scans of the brain. It's built from EREMS in Toulouse.
- Samples Collection Kid (SCK) - Collection of different medical instruments and boxes for biologic probes.
- Cardiolab (CDL) - To scan the cardiovascular system. It's built from CADMOS in Toulouse
EPM is operated according to ESA's decentralised payload operation concept. The FRC (Facility Responsible Centre) for EPM is CADMOS, located in Toulouse, France.
The different EPM models:
- Flight Model (FM) - Delivered September 2005 to EADS SPACE Transportation, Bremen for integration.
- Trainings Model (TRM) - Delivered to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), ESA in Cologne.
- Ground Model (GM-1) - Delivered July 2005 to the FRC, CADMOS.
- Ground Model (GM-2) - Shall be delivered in March 2006 to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA.
- Baseline Data Collection Model (BDCM) - Delivered in October 2005 to the FRC, CADMOS.
