SCIENCE RESEARCH ON ISS RUSSIAN SEGMENT
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT
ODISSEA PROJECT GCF-B EXPERIMENT SE Investigator: ESA/OSTC (Belgium)
GCF-B experiment is a part of the science research
activities to be performed aboard the ISS RS by Frank
de Winne, ESA astronaut of Belgian nationality in
the frame of the ODISSEA
Project. The European Space Agency and Belgian Federal
Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs
(OSTC) are customers of the preparation and implementation
of the scientific program.
USED SCIENCE HARDWARE:
Transport container GCF-01;
Crystallization facility GCF-02, Including 23 GCBs accommodating capillaries
(6 items in each GCB) with protein solutions.
PURPOSE:
Growth of crystals of biological macromolecules
by counter-diffusion crystallisation technique in
space flight. Comparison of quality of crystals grown
in space and on ground.
OBJECTIVE:
Verification of results of the first flight GCF experiment
that was performed during the second Russian visiting
crew VC-2 mission in October 2001 with the Andromede
Project.
EXPERIMENT RESULTS:
Grown protein crystals located in crystallization
facility GCF-02.
