Contract activities on ISS Russian Segment

Experiment GCF-JAXA (NASDA)

Objective:

Growth and production of biological macromolecule crystals under microgravity conditions.

Tasks:

Growth of biological macro molecule crystals using cross diffusion method under space flight conditions.

Science Hardware Used:

• Crystallization unit GCF-02.

Flight Equipment Used:

• Camera Nikon F5
  for taking pictures of the equipment during conduct of the activities and at an installation site

Support Aids Complex:

• Shipping container GCF-01.

Consumables:

• A 35-mm photographic film.

Experiment Results:

• Crystallization units GCF-02 with biomaterials;
• Information of the temperature in crystallization units area.