Airbus US Space and Defense

Primary Services

• External Platform Program – Airbus Bartolomeo Platform
• Physical and Life science hardware and services
• Hardware design, manufacture and certification
• Hardware analytical and physical integration
• Full lifecycle software development, integration and testing
• Program management
• Export Compliance
• Mission control flight support
• Hands-on crew training

ISS-Certified Hardware

Airbus was the prime contractor for the development of several major payload facilities used onboard the International Space Station. The following is a partial list of ISS-certified, Airbus built, hardware available for use.

• Microgravity Science glove box (MSG)
• Minus Eighty Degree Freezer (MELFI)
• Material Science Lab (MSL)
• European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS)
• BIOLAB
• Protein Crystallization Diagnostic Facility (PCDF)
• Rodent Life Support System

Research Support Services

• Hardware verification and certification
• Ground and Flight Safety Reviews and Data packages
• Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR)
• Interface Control Documents (ICD’s)
• Bench reviews
• Crew training
• ISS simulator operations
• Ground and Test procedure development
• Photo documentation and cataloguing
• Late access and early retrieval of flight hardware and samples
• Real time, pre and post flight data analysis
• Export Compliance (License, TAA, etc.)
• Controlled storage

For a complete list of hardware, please visit the Airbus
Space Systems website at:https://airbusus.com/leo-human-spaceflight-commercialization