German astronaut Hans Schlegel installs the European Space Agency’s Columbus module on the International Space Station during STS-122. NASA astronaut Rex Walheim is out of frame. 13 February 2008.

Survey shows ‘hundreds of impacts’ on ESA’s Columbus module

The European Space Agency’s Columbus module, lower left, has been in space for more than 10 years and has sustained “hundreds” of debris impacts. Photo Credit: NASA

Each International Space Station module is designed with micrometeoroid debris protection. A recent survey of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module shows the importance of that shielding. (more…)

Bartolomeo platform to provide easy commercial access to ISS

Artist’s rendering of the Bartolomeo platform attached to the ISS Columbus Module. Image Credit: Airbus Defence and Space.

An external research platform slated to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) in late 2018 could facilitate access to the orbital laboratory for commercial users. The “Bartolomeo” platform will be offering its services while attached to the station’s Columbus …

Macro pictures in space with D800 plus 16-35 mm f/4: a very close view to the International Space Station

Close to the shores of the North Sea, the European Space Agency develops the future research projects aboard the International Space Station.

The ISS high-definition model at the ESTEC

Inside the Esa Columbus module, ISS astronauts run scientific experiments and investigate  how (absence of) gravity affects life development.

The ISS Columbus module

Together with the 1:1 Columbus module replica ,…