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Among the facilities provided by the Environmental Health System (EHS), a subset of Space Station Freedom's Crew Health Care System (CHeCS), is a glovebox for containment and processing of environmental and clinical microbiological samples. The EHS Glovebox is the cornerstone for the installation and use of microbiology equipment including incubators, a slide staining apparatus, and an Automated Microbiological Identification System. An internal circulation and filtration system and task lighting are provided. Environmental Health System installation constraints drive glovebox volume to a minimum. Concerns for efficient human factors and procedural accommodations within these volume constraints call for careful physical and operational integration of the various system elements. On-orbit nominal and contingency maintainability is addressed in the design. The design also provides removal of the entire sealed assembly for contingency return to Earth for special processing or repairs.

This paper discusses designs for outfitting NASA Space Station Resource Nodes. It briefly summarizes the evolution of Resource Nodes to their current configuration and discusses functional and design requirements driving their overall configuration and internal outfitting. Significant features of Resource Node internal architecture, distributed system packaging, crew accommodations, and utility distribution are described. This approach to Resource Node outfitting meets current requirements for crew operations, on-orbit maintainability, and growth for the projected 30 year life of the Space Station.