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 2007

En 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