Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX CELLULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM...

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX CELLULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM The BSTC is an incubator that provides the proper thermal and gas environment for growth and proliferation of three-dimensional cell cultures in microgravity. It is Single mid-deck locker EXPRESS Rack payload (requires EXPRESS power and data connections). It is designed to take air in through the front panel and exhaust it through vents at the side of the locker. (Front Breather) It contains a single Incubation Chamber which operates in heat only mode enclosed by two doors that maintain temperature and pressure. The BSTC contains a touch panel / LCD display for data entry and viewing system parameters. It includes a PCMCIA drive, requiring two PCMCIA cards, accessible from the front panel behind a Drive Cover, held on by thumb screws. Consumes a maximum of 100W of power at start up and 56W while incubating (power is approximately 28 W while idle). BSTC Purpose and Design