Kuipers replaces the ESEM-1 with new ESEM in the U.S. Laboratory

ISS030-E-033367 (28 Dec. 2011) --- In the International Space Station?s Destiny laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, replaces the faulty Exchangeable Standard Electronic Module 1 (ESEM-1) behind the front panel of the Microgravity Science Glovebox Remote Power Distribution Assembly (MSG RPDA) with the new spare. The ESEM is used to distribute station main power to the entire MSG facility.