Human Spaceflight

Human Spaceflight is a key activity, which OHB-System has been pursuing for many years. Even the cosmonauts on board the MIR worked with technology stemming from the Bremen-based space technology company.

The Company is also making a key contribution to what is currently the largest space project, namely the ISS International Space Station. In fact, OHB-System is the second largest German company participating in the construction of the ISS and the only European partner involved in all of the scientific systems for the COLUMBUS module.

The contributions which it made include the infrastructural elements for COLUMBUS, the Node 2 and 3 linking modules, the X-38/CRV rescue vehicle and various research systems such as the European Physiology Module (EPM) and the Flywheel, the astronaut fitness device.

Beyond COLUMBUS, OHB-System fabricates the entire cable infrastructure for the Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) and also developed the meteorite protection system.