DOSTEL: (Dosimetric Telescope) is a charged-particle telescope for registration of harmful radiation in space. It monitors the particle flux, dose rate and linear energy transfer, spectra of radiation from the Van Allen belts, deep space and the Sun. The dosimeter technique used has been applied on numerous earlier space missions. DOSTEL was recently a part of the Matroshka facility in the external location on the Station, where it was placed on top of the Matroshka mannequin that was attached to the exterior surface of the Russian Zvezda module for 539 days between 2004 and 2005.

EXPOSE-E: The exposure of a multitude of samples to hostile space conditions has brought highly important knowledge about the long-term survival of diverse living organisms. The last such experiment package was flown in Biopan on Foton M-3 in September 2007. During EXPOSE-E’s 18 months on orbit, not all samples have been exposed for the same length of time. The facility has a number of controllable mechanisms that allow manipulation of the machinery when necessary. In addition, in the case that over-heating threatens, the lids over the sample trays could be closed.

EXPOSE-E’s experiment packages:
• Proces: Studies the effect of solar UV on amino acids and other organic compounds placed in terrestrial orbit. This experiment is about discovering how life could have arisen on the basis of very primitive chemical compounds.

• Adapt: Exo-biologists are, among other things, concerned with the ability of micro organisms to travel in space, embedded in micrometeorites for example, and to continue life on another planet than the one they originated from. The Adapt experiment is looking at whether these micro-organisms respond to the long-lasting harsh UV radiation that is lethal for most living matter, by increasing their resistance in one way or another.

• Protect: Investigates the resistance of spores to the space environment, also in terms of the degree of damage they experience and how and if they are able to repair this damage.

• Life: EXPOSE-E accommodates lichens, fungi and symbionts (organisms that live in close, prolonged association). Similar experiments with organisms particularly resistant to extreme environment were flown in Biopan, attached to the outside of the Foton capsules.

• Seeds: Uses Arabidopsis thaliana seeds, which come from a plant for which the entire genome is documented and is used widely in such studies. Seeds are exposed to space and will be genetically examined post-flight, for examination of essential functional qualities, and an assessment of damage to the genetic material will be performed.

The effect of a combination of space environmental temperatures and radiation on the material in question are investigated - an environment overall, that can not very well be imitated on Earth

PLEGPAY: (Plasma Electron Gun Payload) The PLEGPAY facility has a few basic components in order to generate the data expected from it. The main question is focused around electrostatic charging and discharging of gases in low Earth orbit on large space structures, identifying a potentially fatal problem for spacecraft electronics. The most effective technology for avoiding unwanted and uncontrolled events is based on hollow cathode technology which consists of a cavity closed at one end. This is essentially the system that PLEGPAY provides for controlled experiments with variations in gas flows.

TRIBOLAB: The Tribology Laboratory instrument aims to test solid and lubricant systems in space, which have proven to be ideal candidates on ground, in particular the effects of microgravity, vacuum and launch, as well as ISS environment and collateral radiation effects. The instrument hosts three different experiments:

• Fluid lubricant experiment on test and verification of labyrinth seal and vent design;
• Tribological evaluation of coatings and surface treatment
• Evaluation of thermal sprayed solid lubricant coatings

EuTEMP: Records the environmental temperature at all times. It has measured the temperature profile during the ascent to orbit on the STS-122 flight, during the transfer to Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo bay during STS-128 and for one day inside the cargo bay.