El antes y el después de la nave espacial
Foton-M3 lanzada al espacio de manera conjunta entre la Agencia Espacial Rusia y la ESA en Otoño de 2006.
Foton M3 antes del lanzamiento en 2006
Foton M3 al aterrizar en la Tierra en 2007En el
Foton M3 viajaban más de 40 experimentos patrocinados por la Agencia Espacial Europea (394 kg):
GradFlex(ESA-55kg)2 fluid physics experiments
TeleSupport(ESA-24kg)assists
all payloads on borrad
Biopan(ESA-27kg)10 experiments in exobiology and radiation
exposurep(g)pgyp
SCCO(ESA/CSA-28kg)3 experiments on diffusion effects in
crude oil
Biobox(ESA-67kg)5 experiments on cellular biology
Eristo/Osteo(CSA/ESA-71kg)6 experiments on bone growth and
yield
AquaHab(DLR/ESA-18kg)2 experiments in biology of water
organisms
Polizon(KBOM-182kg)*7 cooperative experiments on material
science
Stone(ESA-1kg)2 meteoritic re-entry experiment
Granada(ESA-5kg)growth of several protein
crystals (2 exp.)
Freqbone(B/ESA-12kg)countermeasures
for bone losses in μg
(1 exp.)
YES-2(ESA-40kg)student
payload, tether-assisted re-entry demonstrator
DataLogger(ESA/TsSKB-2kg)*measurement
of shocks, temperature, and RH in Fotongg(g),p,
Dimac(ESA-9 kg)*tri-axial accelerometer
system (true DC to 200Hz)
Battery(ESA-15kg)*Li-ion primary batteries for re-entry and landing
Teplo(B/ESA-17kg)**low-g
performances of new design (loop) heat pipes
OWLS(ESA-0.5kg)*wireless
technology demonstrator (part of TeleSupport)
SEEK(ESA-0.2kg)*measurement
of g-loads (part of Gradflex)
Photo-II(ASI/ESA-4kg)**space
radiation effects on photosynthesis