title: Columbus, the European Physiology Modules Facility and CADMOS.
abstract: Columbus, the European Space Agency (ESA) orbital facility laboratory will be launched in December 2007 and attached to the International Space Station (ISS). In its launch configuration, Columbus includes 4 multi-user facilities: one of them is the European Physiology Modules Facility, also called EPM. The EPM will be devoted to Human Physiology; it will be collocated in the Columbus module with two other physiology racks, i.e. the HRF-1 and HRF-2 American racks (Human Research Facility). CADMOS is part of the French Space Agency, located in Toulouse; it has been designated by the European Space Agency as the Facility Responsible Centre (FRC) for the EPM. As a User Support and Operations Centre, CADMOS main tasks are to help the scientists to prepare and perform their experiments in Space and to monitor operations on the ISS.
authors: CNES-CADMOS, Bpi 2221, 18 Av. E. Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Alain.Maillet@medes.cnes.fr
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Maillet
authors: Damien
authors: D
authors: Couloumies
authors: Hélène
authors: H
authors: Ben Aim
mesh_terms: D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D005060:Europe; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007753:Laboratories; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D013026:Space Flight; D018531:Spacecraft; D014481:United States