Hardware for biological microgravity experiments in Soyuz missions

CCM produces hardware for biological microgravity experiments since 1982. For three Soyuz missions, CCM provided the experiment hardware in different configurations: TMA-1 “ODISSEA”: Battery powered, autonomous system with experiment units for three biological experiments, each in their own experiment container. TMA-4 “DELTA”: Experiment units and control electronics for four biological experiments in KUBIK. Different hardware configurations and control systems, adapted to the specific requirements for each experiment. TMA-8 mission: Reflight of the TUBUL experiment of the DELTA mission The CCM plungerbox unit is a modular experiment equipment, that can be adapted to the specific requirements of the scientists. Also the mission requirements, such as size and weight limitations, available power and the number of levels of containment are different for each flight. It is the challenge for CCM to provide the optimal hardware configuration, for each space mission, aiming at a maximum scientific result.