Human Spaceflight
OHB System developed several critical ISS infrastructure and experiment facility elements, which are listed below.
Since more than ten years OHB has provided engineering, integration & operations support for all Columbus payloads developed by OHB as part of the Industrial Operational Team (IOT), that is led by Airbus DS.
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ISS Facilities and Subsystems
- European Physiology Modules Facility
Human physiology research facility to study the influence of space conditions on the human body.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: OHB) - Plasma Kristall 4 Facility (PK-4)
Research facility for studying complex plasmas under microgravity conditions.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: OHB) - European Transport Carrier Rack
Storage rack for onboard equipment.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: OHB) - EDR and FSL Subsystems
Video Management Units for the European Drawer Rack and the Fluid Science Laboratory.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: OHB) - Biolab and EMCS Subsystems
Centrifuges and Life Support Systems for the Biolab Research Facility and the European Modular Cultivation System.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Airbus DS) - Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer Subsystems
Electronic Unit and Rack Interface Unit for the ISS Minus Eighty-degree laboratory freezer, a facility for freezing scientific experiment samples.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Airbus DS) - Material Science Laboratory Subsystems
Electronic Unit for the Material Science Laboratory onboard the ISS.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Airbus DS) - Exobiology Platform Observatory (EXPO) Subsystems
Scientific Module 1 containing optical instruments and electronics for the Modular In-situ Spectroscopy Platform for Exobiology Research outside the ISS, that accommodates the following experiments:
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Kayser Italia)- OREOcube - Effects of solar and cosmic radiation on organic thin films supported on inorganic substrates.
- EXOcube-Chem – Astrochemistry effects on samples exposed to solar and cosmic radiation.
- ICECold and EXOcubeBio : Optical density , fluorescence, colorimetric measurement on organisms cultures.
- Expose
Multi-user exposure platform for scientific samples outside the ISS.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: OHB)
ISS Infrastructure
- Columbus Subsystems
Harness and Mechanical Ground Support Equipment.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Airbus DS) - Node 2&3 Subsystems
Harness and secondary structure.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Thales Alenia Italy) - Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Subsystems
Harness and Meteoroid and Debris Protection System for ATV 1 to 5.
(Customer: ESA, prime contractor: Airbus DS)