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European
Drawer Rack (EDR)
Multi-discipline flexible experiment carrier in Columbus
The
European Drawer Rack provides a flexible experiment
carrier for a large variety of scientific disciplines,
and provides the accommodation and resources to experiment
modules housed within standardised drawers and lockers
called International Subrack Interface Standard (ISIS)
drawers and ISS Lockers. This approach allows a quick
turn-around capability, and provides increased flight
opportunities for the user community wishing to fly
payloads that do not require a complete rack. Currently,
the European Drawer Rack facility can accommodate up
to 3 drawers, and up to 4 lockers. The overall design
of the facility is optimised for the parallel accommodation
of three to four payloads, i.e. an average payload size
of 2drawers/lockers, but both larger and smaller payloads
may be accommodated.
The MSL will be installed
in the ESA Columbus laboratory
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