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BRIC hardware overview. (A) A BRIC unit shown with the cover (C) on and off. The BRIC is an anodized aluminum container and houses six PDFUs. (B) The actuator tool (AT) is used by the astronauts in flight to release fixatives from the fluid chamber to the Petri dish chamber. (C) During the BRIC-16 project, eight BRIC units (labeled A–H) were placed into foam inserts that fit into a standard half-middeck locker on the space shuttle. Scale: length of a BRIC unit is 17.3 cm.
