List of ISS facilities
This is a list of facilities of the International Space Station ( English International Space Station , short ISS; Russian Международная косми́ческая ста́нция , short МКС).
| Russian | English | Brief description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| abbreviation | Facility | abbreviation | Facility | |
| ADF | Avian Development Facility | |||
| АПСС | Андрогинная Периферийная Система Стыковки
(Androginnaya Periferiynaya Sistema Stykovki) |
APAS | Androgynous Peripheral Attach System | Russian coupling technology |
| ATV | Automated Transfer Vehicle | |||
| BXF | Boiling Experiment Facility | |||
| CBM | Common Berthing Mechanism | American coupling technology | ||
| CETA | Crew and Equipment Translation Aid | Transport carts | ||
| CIR | Combustion Integrated Rack | |||
| СО | Стыковочный Отсек | DC | Docking Compartment, see Pirs | |
| СГМ | Стыковочно-грузовой модуль | DCM | Docking Cargo Module, see Rasswet | |
| EF | Exposed facility, see Kibō | |||
| ELC | EXPRESS Logistics Carrier | |||
| ELM | Experiment Logistics Module, see Kibō | |||
| EPM | European Physiology Modules | |||
| ERA | European Robotic Arm | |||
| ESA | European Space Agency | |||
| ESP | External stowage platform | |||
| EXPRESS | EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to the Space Station | |||
| FGB | Functional cargo block | |||
| GLACIER | General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Equipment Refrigerator | |||
| HRF | Human Research Facility | |||
| HRS | Heat rejection system | |||
| HTV | H-2 Transfer Vehicle | |||
| ITS | Integrated truss structure | |||
| JEM | Japanese Experiment Module | |||
| LMM | Light Microscopy Module | |||
| MERLIN | Microgravity Experiment Research Locker / Incubator | |||
| MLM | Многоцелевой лабораторный модуль | MLM | Multipurpose Laboratory Module, see Nauka | |
| MOBIAS | Multiple Orbital Bioreactor with Instrumentation and Automated Sampling | |||
| ММС | Многоцелевой модуль материально-технического снабжения | MPLM | Multi-Purpose Logistics Module | |
| МИМ-1 | Малый исследовательский модуль-1 | MRM1 | Mini-Research Module 1, see Rasswet | |
| МИМ-2 | Малый исследовательский модуль-2 | MRM2 | Mini-Research Module 2, see Poisk | |
| MSG | Microgravity Science Glovebox | |||
| MSL | Materials Science Laboratory | |||
| MSS | Mobile servicing system | |||
| MWA | Maintenance work area | |||
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |||
| ORU | Orbital Replacement Unit | |||
| OTCM | Orbital Tool Changeout Mechanism | |||
| P | Portside | Port, direction on the lattice structure | ||
| PMA | Pressurized mating adapter | |||
| PVR | Photovoltaic radiator | |||
| S. | Starboard | Starboard, direction on the lattice structure | ||
| SARJ | Solar Alpha Rotary Joint | Swivel joint for the solar panels | ||
| SPDM | Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator | |||
| SSPTS | Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System | Power supply for coupled space shuttles | ||
| STS | Space Transportation System | Space shuttle transport system | ||
| TMA | Транспортный Модифицированный Антропометрическая | |||
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ ISS Facilities ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Russian spaceflight glossary: English to Russian ( Memento from August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )