Centrifuge Accommodations Module

The Centrifuge Accommodations Module (CAM) of the International Space Station provides controlled gravity for experiments and the capability to:

• Expose a variety of biological specimens to artifical gravity levels between 0.01g and 2g.
• Simultaneously provide two different artifical gravity levels.
• Provide partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate altered gravity effects and g-thresholds.
• Provide short duration and partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate temporal effects of gravity exposure.
• Provide Earth simulation environment on ISS to isolate microgravity effects on specimens.
• Provide Earth simulation environment on ISS to allow specimens to recover from microgravity effects.
• Provide in situ 1g controls for specimens in micro-gravity.

The CAM attaches to Node 2 of the ISS.

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