Editing Centrifuge Accommodations Module (section)

==History==
The centrifuge would have provided controlled acceleration rates ([[artificial gravity]]) for experiments and the capability to:
*Expose a variety of biological specimens that are less than {{convert|24.5|in|m|abbr=on}} tall to artificial gravity levels between 0.01g and 2g.
*Simultaneously provide two different artificial gravity levels.
*Provide partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate altered gravity effects and g-thresholds.
*Provide short duration and partial g and hyper g environment for specimens to investigate temporal effects of gravity exposure.
*Provide [[Earth]] simulation environment on ISS to isolate [[microgravity]] effects on specimens.
*Provide Earth simulation environment on ISS to allow specimens to recover from microgravity effects.
*Provide [[in situ]] 1g controls for specimens in micro-gravity.

[[File:Centrifuge (ISS) in TKSC-01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The partly built shell of the Centrifuge Accommodations Module at Tsukuba (Japan)]]
It was built by [[JAXA]]'s predecessor, [[NASDA]], but owned by [[NASA]], who obtained ownership of the CAM by trading in a free launch of the [[Japanese Experiment Module]] Kibo to the ISS.<ref>{{cite web |author=SpaceRef |title=ISS Elements: Centrifuge Accommodation Module (CAM) – Space Station User's Guide |url=http://www.spaceref.com/iss/elements/cam.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910021457/http://www.spaceref.com/iss/elements/cam.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> The CAM flight model along with the engineering model of the centrifuge rotor were manufactured. The CAM would have been attached to the zenith port on the [[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony module]] of the ISS. 

It was cancelled in 2005<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/space/RL33568.pdf | title=The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle (Order Code RL33568) | publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}</ref> alongside the [[Habitation Module]] and the [[Crew Return Vehicle]], because of ISS cost overruns and scheduling problems in Space Shuttle assembly flights.

It is now on display in an outdoor exhibit at the [[Tsukuba Space Center]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=12560.msg269666#msg269666 | title=NASASpaceFlight.com : Where is the Centrifuge Accommodation Module (CAM)? | access-date=2018-02-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091608/https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=12560.msg269666#msg269666 | archive-date=2018-02-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?type=scroll&lat=36.06141509&lon=140.12909742&sc=1&mode=aero CAM Location], Japan Map's satellite image, Yahoo!</ref>