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Centrifuge Accommodations Module

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Kibo to the ISS. The CAM flight model along with the engineering model of the centrifuge rotor were manufactured. The CAM would have been attached to the zenith port on the
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Expose a variety of biological specimens that are less than 24.5 in (0.62 m) tall to artificial gravity levels between 0.01g and 2g.
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Provide short duration and partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate temporal effects of gravity exposure.
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Provide partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate altered gravity effects and g-thresholds.
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Provide Earth simulation environment on ISS to allow specimens to recover from microgravity effects.
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The partly built shell of the Centrifuge Accommodations Module at Tsukuba (Japan)
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still was considered the most important capability of the module.
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The centrifuge would have provided controlled acceleration rates (
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Simultaneously provide two different artificial gravity levels.
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Cancelled element of the International Space Station
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International Space Station
centrifuge
artificial gravity
Earth
microgravity
in situ

JAXA
NASDA
NASA
Japanese Experiment Module
Harmony module
Habitation Module
Crew Return Vehicle
Tsukuba Space Center
Artificial gravity
Space adaptation syndrome
Space colonization
Nautilus-X#ISS centrifuge demonstration
"ISS Elements: Centrifuge Accommodation Module (CAM) – Space Station User's Guide"
"The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle (Order Code RL33568)"
Congressional Research Service
"NASASpaceFlight.com : Where is the Centrifuge Accommodation Module (CAM)?"
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