Yuri ScienceTaxi
Yuri
Modular, fully automated space incubator hosting up to 38 experiment containers (ScienceShells) for ISS and next-generation orbital platforms.
Technical specifications
- External width
- 460 mm
- External length
- 549 mm
- External height
- 273 mm
- Internal volume length
- 400 mm
- Internal volume width
- 380 mm
- Internal volume height
- 190 mm
- Payload mass
- < 33 kg
- Power supply required
- 75 W (min) to 150 W (max) from spacecraft
- Supply voltage
- 24–32.5 V
- Data connector
- 8P8C Modular Shielded Jack (RJ-45)
- Data standard
- ANSI/IEEE-STD-802.2 100 BASE-T Ethernet
- Temperature range
- +4°C to +40°C
- Cooling air flow
- 12 cfm (min) to 36 cfm (max)
- Cooling air inlet temperature
- 18.3°C (min) to 29.4°C (max)
- ScienceShell capacity
- Hosts up to 38 experiment units (ScienceShells)
- Centrifuge capacity
- Up to 16 ScienceShells with Earth, Moon, and Mars gravity (0G to 1G)
- Service lifetime
- 8 years
- Compatible platforms
- Dream Chaser, Dragon, suborbital and parabolic flights; independent from ISS
- Operation
- Fully automated, no crew interaction needed
- Monitoring
- Real-time housekeeping-data monitoring and commanding
- Design
- Modular; different experiment platforms possible; interfaces based on ISS SSP 57000 standard
- Compatible ISS facility partners
- Space Tango, Bioserve, LaMont, ICE Cubes, Kayser Italia
About
ScienceTaxi is Yuri’s autonomous, temperature-controlled space incubator/laboratory. Built to ISS SSP 57000-based interfaces, it hosts up to 38 experiment units (ScienceShells) and requires no crew interaction during operation. It is designed for orbital platforms such as Dream Chaser and Dragon, but also supports suborbital or parabolic flights, and can run independently from the ISS. An onboard centrifuge option can host up to 16 ScienceShells at variable gravity levels from 0G to 1G (Earth, Moon, Mars gravity), enabling comparative gravitational biology studies. ScienceTaxi provides real-time housekeeping data monitoring and commanding, and is compatible with third-party ISS facility providers including Space Tango, Bioserve, LaMont, ICE Cubes, and Kayser Italia.
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