Figure 1.
Ground based microgravity simulators. (A) Desktop random positioning machine (RPM) 2.0 by Yuri. (B) Incubator random positioning machine (iRPM) contains miniaturized CO2 incubator mounted on the inner rotating gimbal (developed by Prof. Jörg Sekler, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and the “Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule” (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland). (C) 3D clinostat designed by the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of The German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany. (D) Rotating wall vessel (RWV) by Synthecon Inc., Houston, TX, USA. (E) ClinoStar by CelVivo ApS, Odense, Denmark. (F) Fast rotating 2D clinostat for slide flasks developed by the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of The German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.