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Facilities List

Telescopio spaziale

Micro G Lab

Colonia, Germania

ESA

Lab for biological and physical microgravity studies.

Vertical Treadmill Facility (VTF)

Innsbruck, Austria

ESA

Simulates Moon and Mars locomotion with vertical treadmill and suspension.

:envifuge + Hyperscope

Colonia, Germania

ESA

Combined centrifuge and hyperspectral analysis for life and material sciences.

Short Arm Human Centrifuge

Tolosa, Francia

ESA

Centrifuge for short-arm hypergravity experiments on humans.

Large Diameter Centrifuge (LDC)

Noordwijk, Koekange, Netherlands

ESA

Large centrifuge for gravity levels up to 20g.

MidiCar (Medium-sized Centrifuge)

Noordwijk, Netherlands

ESA

Mid-range centrifuge for life and materials research.

Neutral Buoyancy Facility (NBF)

Cologne, Germania

ESA

Underwater facility simulating weightlessness.

Scientific Group of Space Biology and Medicine (GSBMS)

Tolosa, Francia

ESA

Research on human health and biology in spaceflight.

Astrobiology Space Simulation facilities (ABYSS)

Colonia, Germania

ESA

Simulated planetary environment chambers.

GEPAM (Animal Models Platform)

Lorena, Francia

ESA

Studies effects of hypergravity on animal physiology.

LOOP

Milano MI, Italia

ESA

Simulation of walking on other planets under increased gravity.

DESDEMONA motion platform

Soesterberg, Paesi Bassi

ESA

6 DOF motion simulator for spaceflight studies.

PlanHab

Planica, Slovenia

ESA

Simulates habitat conditions for planetary exploration.

Aarhus Planetary Environment Facility

Aarhus, Danimarca

ESA

Low-pressure wind tunnel for planetary surface research.

ESTHER Shock Tube

Lisbona, Portogallo

ESA

Shock tube for testing materials under extreme conditions.

FRISSBE Fire Safety Lab

Slovenia

ESA

Fire research in space-like closed environments.

3D Bioprinting Lab (TU Dresden)

Dresda, Germania

ESA

Tissue and organ printing for space applications.

Bioprinting Platform (Henry Royce Institute)

Manchester, Regno Unito

ESA

Platform for space-relevant tissue engineering.

Biofabrication Lab (Warsaw University of Technology)

Varsavia, Polonia

ESA

Development of biomaterials for medical applications.

Biofabrication Lab (E. Paggio Pisa)

Pisa PI, Italia

ESA

Biofabrication for regenerative medicine.

3d FAB

Lione, Francia

ESA

3D printing facility focused on biological applications.

BIO‑ORBIT

Bellinzona, Svizzera

ESA

Swiss lab for regenerative medicine via biofabrication.

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