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esa laboratory support equipment for the iss The ESA Laboratory Support Equipment for the ISS A. Petrivelli Laboratory Support Equipment Section, ESA Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands The Laboratory Support Equipment (LSE) for the International Space Introduction Station (ISS) is a suite of general-purpose items that will be available The LSE programme was started at ESA in onboard the Station either as self-standing facilities or as equipment 1994 following the finalisation of the Agreement that can be used at defined locations. Dedicated to supporting system in Principle for ISS Early Utilisation, which was maintenance and payload operations, some LSE items are derived subsequently translated into a Memorandum of from commercial equipment, while others have been specifically Understanding (MOU) in 1997. According to developed for the ISS. this Agreement, NASA provides ESA with flight opportunities and resources for accessing the ESA is currently engaged in developing three pressurised facilities and ISS before the ESA Columbus module is one pointing mechanism that will become part of the LSE launched. In exchange, ESA provides NASA with complement, namely: goods and servi