European Physiology Module

The European Physiology Modul (EPM) is a Payload of the Columbus orbital facility. The EPM rack is built by OHB-System in Bremen.

It includes some science container for medical experiments.

The following science container are included.

• Multi-Electrode Electroencephalography Module (MEEMM) - For neurologic scans of the brain.
• Samples Collection Kid (SCK) - Collection of different medical instuments and boxes for biologic probes.
• Cardiolab (CDL) - To scan the cardiovascular system.

EPM is operated according to ESA's decentralised payload operation concept. The FRC (Facility Responsible Centre ) for EPM is CADMOS , located in Toulouse, France.

The different EPM models:

• Flight Model (FM).
• Trainings Model (TRM).
• Ground Model (GM-1).
• Ground Model (GM-2).
• Baseline Data Collection Model (BDCM).

Weblinks

• http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESA44I0VMOC_iss_0.html - ESA article
• http://spaceflight.esa.int/users/virtualinstitutes/epm/ - EPM homepage
• http://www.ohb-system.de/MannedFlights/InternationalSpaceStation/InternalPayloads/epm.html - OHB-System