Alexander Gerst horizons - a journey of discovery for science and society - DLR
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Alexander Gerst horizons – a journey of discovery for science and society
horizons – devising solutions
for the challenges of the future
Alexander Gerst’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on Key facts
6 June 2018 for his mission ‘horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow’
will mark the start of his second mission to work on the largest in- Mission: horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow
ternational technology project in the history of humankind. In this Number of German experiments: approximately 50
scientific laboratory, the major spacefaring nations are joining forces
Astronaut: Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau)
to develop solutions for the global challenges of our society:
‘Health, Environment and Climate Change’, as well as ‘Digitalisa- Launch to ISS: 6 June 2018
‘Reaching new horizons and conquering them
tion, Industry 4.0, Energy Supply and Mobility of Tomorrow’. Ger- from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
is what drives us humans. The ISS gives us the
many is, amongst the European member states, the most important opportunity to leave our ‘spaceship Earth’. Mission duration: expected to be 187 days
partner for the other nations involved in the ISS – the United States, The Space Station is not just a one-of-a-kind
laboratory, but also the first spacecraft that Docking: 8 June 2018
Russia, Japan and Canada. All German contributions to the Space
Station are coordinated and managed by the German Aerospace shows us how to live together in a multicul- Hatch opening: 8 June 2018
tural community beyond our planet Earth. For
Center (DLR) Space Administration in Bonn on behalf of the German
me, horizons is also the perfect continuation
federal government, in coordination with the international ISS part- of my Blue Dot mission, for which the focus
ners. In addition to science, the Space Station also provides oppor- was on our blue planet. With horizons, I am Crew Expedition 56 Andrew Jay Feustel, Commander
tunities for commercialisation. Germany’s participation in the ISS has looking forward to broadening my horizons Oleg Germanovich Artemyev
a direct effect on its economy. A cost-benefit analysis by the ac- even further.’ Richard R. Arnold
counting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers confirms: every euro in- Alexander Gerst,
vested provides a return of one euro. In addition, the ISS is a driver first German commander of the ISS Alexander Gerst Commander
of innovation for new branches of industry and technologies, such
Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor
as laser communications, robotics and sensor technology. For Ger-
many as an exporting nation and a hub of high technology and Sergei Prokopiev
science, research on the ISS represents an investment in the future,
Alexey Ovchinin
and, at the same time, is a source of inspiration for the next genera-
tions in science and industry. German ESA astronaut Alexander Nikolai Tikhonov
Gerst’s horizons mission strengthens Germany’s position as a hub of Tyler N. Hague Crew Expedition 57
science and innovation, and makes the Federal Republic one of the
most intensive users and beneficiaries of the scientific equipment on
Return to Earth: scheduled for 10 December 2018
board the International Space Station, turning ‘science fiction’ into
‘science facts’.
DLR.de/en/horizons
2 5
Ready for the mission: the crew of Expedition
Volker Schmid/DLR
56/57 with Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor,
Sergei Prokopyev and Alexander Gerst (from
left to right) posing in their Sokol spacesuits
during a visit to the Russian Star City.
horizons – first German commander
for humankind's outpost in space Key facts
Mission: horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow
Number of German experiments: approximately 50
Since its inception, the International Space Station has been a symbol
Astronaut: Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau)
of international understanding and peaceful coexistence. Six astro-
nauts from different nations live and work together on humanity’s Launch to ISS: 6 June 2018
‘Reaching new horizons and conquering them
outpost in space approximately 400 kilometres above Earth, united from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
is what drives us humans. The ISS gives us the
by a major goal – to improve life on our planet. From early June opportunity to leave our ‘spaceship Earth’. Mission duration: expected to be 187 days
2018, Alexander Gerst will be one of these six astronauts. The Ger- The Space Station is not just a one-of-a-kind
laboratory, but also the first spacecraft that Docking: 8 June 2018
man ESA astronaut will remain on the ISS for 187 days, and during
the second half of his mission, he will lead this international space shows us how to live together in a multicul- Hatch opening: 8 June 2018
tural community beyond our planet Earth. For
community as commander – similar to the captain of a ship. In this
me, horizons is also the perfect continuation
role, for the first time taken up by a German, he will be responsible of my Blue Dot mission, for which the focus
for the safety of the crew, help to resolve conflicts, and work inten- was on our blue planet. With horizons, I am Crew Expedition 56 Andrew Jay Feustel, Commander
sively with the flight director on the ground. In the event of an emer- looking forward to broadening my horizons Oleg Germanovich Artemyev
gency, he will decide on the rescue measures to be taken – up to and even further.’ Richard R. Arnold
including aborting the mission and returning to Earth prematurely. In Alexander Gerst,
order to successfully master this high responsibility job, he has under- first German commander of the ISS Alexander Gerst Commander
gone intense training at the Yuri Gagarin Training Centre near Mos-
Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor
cow and in the US space agency NASA’s Johnson Space Center in
Houston. But during his mission, Gerst will be more than a com- Sergei Prokopiev
mander – he will also be a researcher, craftsman, ‘port master’ and
Alexey Ovchinin
teacher. Before he departs to the Space Station, his tasks will be de-
fined and he will undergo the respective training; this will prepare Nikolai Tikhonov
him for knowing what to do in every experiment, how to check and, Tyler N. Hague Crew Expedition 57
if necessary, change water circuits and valves, and how to dock cargo
spacecraft. In addition, he has learned to provide inspiration to chil-
Return to Earth: scheduled for 10 December 2018
dren and young people about space.
DLR.de/en/horizons
3 4 5
58,464 Payload
orbits of Earth in 10 years
Columbus
9000 1 Earth observation
10,300 kg kg 19,300 kg Education 26
31 Biology
A B C
151
experiments
14 Human physiology
Technology 41
according to
demonstration discipline 20 Physics
18
The Columbus laboratory –
the heart of European
Materials research
space research
Other
The Columbus laboratory was launched to space on 7 February
370
75 820 2008 and has been the scientific heart of European research on
82
the International Space Station for more than 10 years. In micro-
84
87 gravity, researchers can gain unique insights to find solutions to
123 2913 the global challenges of our society: ‘Health, Environment and
Climate Change’, ‘Digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Energy and Mobility
128 scientists
involved of Tomorrow’. DLR has overseen the development and production
131 457
of the ISS module on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA),
155
164 237 is actively involved with experiments at the research level and
6.9 m length manages operations from the Columbus Control Centre in Ober
pfaffenhofen. The final assembly of the European module was
carried out at Airbus in Bremen.
4.5 m diameter The diagrams shown here refer to
the period from February 2008 to
February 2018.
DLR.de/en/columbus
800 terabytes 75 total
m3
of scientific data, transmitted using
the Data Management System
(equivalent to a 30-metre-high tower of DVDs )
25payload
m3
6 11
Bildung
CIMON
PK-4 PK-4
ICARUS
Gene Control Prime
Flumias
ICARUS: Zvezda Flumias
CIMON
Soft Matter Dynamics/CompGran: Tiny ICARUS transmitters attached to wildlife collect FLUMIAS:
Flumias
To better process bulk goods such as sand or grain, the behaviour of data on the migration behaviour of animals such as The FLUMIAS 3D fluorescence microscope will make it possible – for the first time – to
horizons – Immuno-2
MagVector/MFX-2
Call
CompGran
such moving granular media (CompGran) is examined under micro-
gravity conditions in the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) as part of the
CompGran
birds, bats or flying foxes, and send it to the ISS.
The antenna is mounted on the outside of the
Cold Atoms Lab observe processes in living cells under microgravity conditions in real time and outline
their changes.
TRANSPARENT SUPVIS-Justin
Where will the highlights from ‘Soft Matter Dynamics’ experiment.
DLR.de/en/horizons/compgran
Russian Zvezda module and the computer is
housed inside. Immuno-2
MYOTONES
MYOTONES
MagVector/MFX-2
DLR.de/en/horizons/flumias
German industry and research take place? DLR.de/en/horizons/icarus
MYOTONES Destiny
Immuno-2:
Immuno-2 examines the weakening of the immune system caused by stress in astro-
CIMON PK-4 nauts and people on Earth in order to develop effective countermeasures.
ICARUS
Experimente Kibo
CIMON: Bildung Bildung Photobioreaktor Columbus
Cold Atoms Lab DLR.de/en/horizons/immuno2
CIMON is a type of ‘flying brain’ – an autonomously acting astronaut assistant. Equipped TRANSPARENT CIMON
TRANSPARENT
Gene Control Prime
Prime
with Artificial Intelligence (AI), this globally unique technology demonstration supports
Gene Control
ICARUS
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
the work of the astronauts on the ISS. Gene Control Prime Gene Control Prime:
DLR.de/en/horizons/cimon The Gene Control Prime experimental series is investigating the epigenetic causes of
MagVector/MFX-2 CompGran immunodeficiency in microgravity.
SUPVIS-Justin
Beschützer der Erde
Call Call DLR.de/en/horizons/gene-control-prime
METERON SUPVIS Justin: PK-4 EML/TRANSPARENT:
Cold Atoms Lab MagVector/MFX-2
Immuno-2
Cold Atoms Lab
In METERON SUPVIS Justin, astronauts on the ISS assign complex exploration tasks to a Using the EML installation in the Immuno-2
SUPVIS-Justin
robot via a tablet PC, which their humanoid ‘colleague’ can then, largely independently, European Drawer Rack (EDR) of
carry out on Earth − an important experiment for future industrial production.
Immuno-2 the Columbus module and Cold Atoms Lab:
DLR.de/en/horizons/supvis-justin
ICARUS TRANSPARENT-1 in the Destiny Bildung Thanks to the Cold Atoms Lab (CAL), long-term basic experiments can be carried out
Photobioreaktor module, the properties of molten for the first time on ultra-cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in
Zeitkapsel
Experimente TRANSPARENT Experimente metals and alloys – such as microgravity in the US Destiny laboratory module.
CompGran DLR.de/en/horizons/cal
Time capsule: viscosity, surface tension and
PK-4 ICARUS
CIMON
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Flumias PK-4
CIMON
Photobioreaktor
A time capsule will be a special guest on board the ISS. It stores important information crystal growth – can be examined
of our time and photographs of the everyday lives of many people, as well as numerous CIMON under microgravity conditions. PBR photobioreactor:
wishes of schoolchildren from across Germany. TheCOPBR photobioreactor
O2 CO2 is for
O2 the first time preparing for the use of a hybrid life-
DLR.de/en/horizons/zeitkapsel SUPVIS-Justin Call
2
support system on the ISS, further closing the resource cycle by connecting a biological
Beschützer der Erde and a physical-chemical system.
Bildung Cold Atoms Lab Beschützer der Erde
SUPVIS-Justin
MagVector/MFX-2
DLR.de/en/horizons/pbr
Earth Guardians: MYOTONES CompGran
DLR.de/en/horizons/eml-msl-transparent MagVector/MFX-2
CompGran
A student competition will look for the ‘Earth Guardians’. Alexander Gerst will address Myotones: MagVector/MFX-2
the students in short video messages from the Columbus module, and as such spark Myotones is, for the first time, monitoring the biome-
their commitment to protecting the environment and preserving biodiversity on Earth. Photobioreaktor chanical properties of the skeletal muscles using a non- MagVector/MFX: Experimente
DLR.de/en/horizons/beschuetzer-der-erde invasive, portable device on board the ISS, in order to The MagVector/MFX-2 installation will examine
Zeitkapsel PK-4 examine changes to the muscular Zeitkapsel
system caused by a the interactions of Earth’s magnetic field using a High flyers:
Call CO2 O2 CO2 O2 Photobioreaktor
PK-4: lack of gravity. The additionally required ultrasound is variable electrical conductor at high speed in the ICARUS
ICARUS Students from universities in Stuttgart, Frankfurt on the Main and Duisburg-Essen
Gene Control Prime Bildung Bildung
ARISS: The plasma crystal experiment PK-4 allows processes that occur at stored in the European Physiology Module (EPM). European Drawer Rack (EDR) – this can only be have devised experiments themselves. These will be supervised by Alexander Gerst
Schoolchildren from 13 different schools and three DLR laboratories for school pupils – the atomic level to be made visible to the human eye in the Euro- ICARUS done on the ISS. onCO
board the
O2 ISS. CO2 O2
DLR.de/en/horizons/myotones 2
the DLR_School_Labs – will connect with the ISS to ask Alexander Gerst questions in pean Physiology Module (EPM). DLR.de/en/horizons/ueberflieger
DLR.de/en/horizons/magvector-mfx
real time, which he will answer from the Columbus module. Beschützer der Erde
DLR.de/en/horizons/pk4
DLR.de/en/horizons/ariss
Experimente CompGran SUPVIS-Justin
Immuno-2 Call SUPVIS-Justin
7 The experiments and activities featured here are just some of the many that will be carried out during the horizons mission. Call 10
SUPVIS-Justin
Cold Atoms Lab Immuno-2
PK-4
MYOTONES TRANSPARENT
Cold Atoms Lab TRANSPARENT
Flumias TRANSPARENT CIMON
MagVector/MFX-2
Cold Atoms Lab Cold Atoms Lab
Cold Atoms Lab Bildung
Gene Control Prime
Immuno-2
PK-4 TRANSPARENT
CompGran
Cold Atoms Lab
Gene Control Prime
PK-4 Cold Atoms Lab
MYOTONESFlumias Cold Atoms Lab CIMON
PK-4 PK-4
PK-4 Call
MagVector/MFX-2
ICARUS
CompGran Cold Atoms Lab
Bildung Flumias
Immuno-2 PK-4
Immuno-2
horizons –
CompGran
Gene Control Prime
MYOTONES PK-4 PK-4 CIMON
CompGran CompGran
CompGran Experimente
Greifswald • Bildung PK-4
MagVector/MFX-2
TRANSPARENTCIMON
Bildung
Call
CIMONTRANSPARENT
CompGran • Rostock MYOTONES
ICARUS
SUPVIS-Justin
Cutting-edge space research
Immuno-2 Gene Control Prime CompGran CompGran
Bildung Bildung
Bildung Beschützer der Erde CIMON
MagVector/MFX-2
TRANSPARENT
Call CompGran
METERON SUPVIS Justin
Experimente
MagVector/MFX-2 Gene Control Prime
TRANSPARENT Cold Atoms Lab
Bildung TRANSPARENT ICARUS
Call CIMON Immuno-2 TRANSPARENT
Flumias Bildung Cold Atoms Lab
in Germany
Bildung
Hamburg Zeitkapsel
Call Call
SUPVIS-Justin
Photobioreaktor
Flumias
Flumias Cold Atoms Lab
Call
ICARUS
• Parchim • Neustrelitz Immuno-2 Experimente
Bildung
Cold Atoms Lab
ExperimenteMagVector/MFX-2
CIMON Cold Atoms MYOTONES
Lab
• Osterholz-Scharmbeck
ICARUS
PK-4 Beschützer
Call
der Erde
Call
Cold Atoms Lab Flumias TRANSPARENT
MagVector/MFX-2
ICARUS CO 2 O2 CO2 O2
Call
Experimente Experimente SUPVIS-Justin
TRANSPARENT
MYOTONES Bremen
PK-4 TRANSPARENT • Soltau Experimente
PK-4 MagVector/MFX
TRANSPARENT CallErde Photobioreaktor
TRANSPARENT SUPVIS-Justin
Zeitkapsel
Flumias CIMON Beschützer der MYOTONES
PK-4 CompGran Experimente PK-4 MYOTONES Cold Atoms TRANSPARENT
Lab
ICARUS
Beschützer der
TRANSPARENT Erde MagVector/MFX-2
PK-4 Gene Control Prime
Although Alexander Gerst will carry out experiments on the Interna-
Experimente
Flumias
Experimente TRANSPARENT
Beschützer der Erde Beschützer der Erde ICARUS
Flumias
SUPVIS-Justin CO
TRANSPARENTPhotobioreactor
Cold Atoms Lab TRANSPARENT O2 CO 2O
Gene Control Prime Beschützer der Erde 2 2
CompGran Cold Atoms Lab
Cold Atoms Lab Photobioreaktor MYOTONESCold Atoms MagVector/MFX-2
Lab Zeitkapsel Experimente Photobioreaktor
Flumias tional Space Station during his horizons mission, the research is not
CompGran Bildung Beschützer der Erde Gene Control Prime PK-4
Lab SUPVIS-Justin
CompGran Cold Atoms Lab CompGran
CompGran Immuno-2
limited to space. The experiments were devised on Earth, and the
Zeitkapsel
Cold Atoms ICARUS TRANSPARENT
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Beschützer der Erde
MYOTONES Berlin Beschützer der Erde
Gene Control Prime
PK-4 TRANSPARENT
Immuno-2
Cold Atoms Lab
Zeitkapsel
Zeitkapsel Zeitkapsel
TRANSPARENT
CO
FLUMIAS
2 O 2 CO2 O2
TRANSPARENT
Bildung PK-4
Cold Atoms Lab
SUPVIS-Justin
MYOTONES
Photobioreaktor hardware and software were developed and built there. The samples
PK-4 TRANSPARENT
Call
• Hanover
Flumias
Gene Control
Immuno-2
Prime
PK-4 ICARUS Beschützer der Erde
TRANSPARENT
Cold Atoms Lab
come from Earth laboratories and return upon completion of the ex-
Bildung Photobioreaktor
SUPVIS-Justin CIMON Zeitkapsel Bildung CompGran PK-4
PK-4 Bildung Zeitkapsel Cold Atoms Lab
Flumias Zeitkapsel
Gene Control Prime MYOTONES
CO
CompGran ColdCIMON
Atoms O
Lab CO2 O2
• Braunschweig
PK-4 Myotones
CO2O 2CO 2 O2
• Magdeburg Bildung
periments on the ISS for analysis. The data from the experiments is
2 2
TRANSPARENT Call CompGran
Cold Atoms Lab Immuno-2
Cold Atoms Lab Immuno-2 CompGran SUPVIS-Justin Zeitkapsel
CompGran MYOTONES Cold Atoms Lab
sent via the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall
Call Photobioreaktor MagVector/MFX-2 Experimente CIMON
Call Call Bildung CompGran PK-4
CompGran
MYOTONESImmuno-2
PK-4 Photobioreaktor
Gene Control Prime
Cold Immuno-2
Atoms Lab
Bildung PK-4MagVector/MFX-2
CO2 O2
Cold Atoms TRANSPARENT
Lab
CO2
ExperimenteBildung
O2 CompGran
• Dessau PK-4
TRANSPARENT
Gene Control Prime Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama (USA) to all the other con-
PK-4 CIMON Photobioreaktor CO O CO O2
• Dinslaken
2 2
PK-4 Bildung 2
Bildung Gene Control Prime TRANSPARENT
Experimente
Duis- Bildung Experimente
ICARUS Beschützer der Erde
TRANSPARENT
Experimente
MagVector/MFX-2
CompGran
Call Bildung
Call
CIMON trol centres that look after the payload. The Columbus Control Centre
Flumias
• Göttingen
Gene Control Prime
CIMON
• Torgau
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
PK-4
Gene Control Prime
burg • • Essen
Call ICARUS
CompGran
PK-4 Cold Atoms Beschützer
Lab CallErde
der
Bildung
TRANSPARENT CompGran
Immuno-2 (Col-CC) in the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) at the DLR
CompGran TRANSPARENT MagVector/MFX-2
CompGran Call PK-4
Call
Beschützer der Erde
TRANSPARENT SUPVIS-Justin
Flumias
Zeitkapsel
Immuno-2
Cold Atoms Lab ICARUS
TRANSPARENT
CompGran
Cold Atoms Lab
Immuno-2 site in Oberpfaffenhofen is responsible for the European Columbus
• Düsseldorf
Call Beschützer der Erde
MYOTONES
TRANSPARENT Beschützer der Erde
Immuno-2 MagVector/MFX-2 Bildung
ExperimenteCall
CompGran
Cold Atoms Lab
• Experimente
Leverkusen
SUPVIS-Justin
Bildung
TRANSPARENT CompGran PK-4 Zeitkapsel Experimente
Call
Cold Atoms TRANSPARENT
Lab Dresden • Experimente
TRANSPARENT
MagVector/MFX-2 laboratory. From here, data is transmitted to the national user control
Bildung Cold Atoms Lab TRANSPARENT ICARUS
ExperimenteTRANSPARENT
• Cologne Cold Atoms Lab Photobioreaktor
Bildung MYOTONESCIMON
TRANSPARENT PK-4
Experimente
SUPVIS-Justin CompGran TRANSPARENT
CIMON
Bildung centres, such as the Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC) at the
Zeitkapsel
Experimente Zeitkapsel Gene Control Prime • Jena Cold Atoms Lab Zeitkapsel
CIMON ICARUS Call
Cold Atoms Beschützer
Lab Experimente
der Erde
EML/TRANSPARENT
• Aachen TRANSPARENT
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
CompGran
Bildung
PK-4 DLR site in Cologne, and from there, to the scientists. The results of
• Beschützer
Bonnder Photobioreaktor
CallErde
Cold AtomsBildung
Lab CompGran
Flumias
Beschützer der Erde
Experimente Cold Atoms Lab
PK-4
TRANSPARENT
Cold Atoms Lab • Zwönitz
CIMON
PK-4 SUPVIS-Justin
this research in turn drive innovations on Earth. The horizons mission
Call PK-4
Call Gene ControlMagVector/MFX-2
Prime
Cold
Beschützer der Atoms Lab
Erde PK-4
CO O 2 CO O 2 2
Flumias
2
CompGran
Beschützer der Erde
Photobioreaktor Beschützer
Cold Atomsder
ICARUS LabErde
Beschützer der Erde • Gießen
Cold Atoms Lab
Immuno-2
TRANSPARENT
PK-4 MagVector/MFX-2
SUPVIS-Justin Experimente
PK-4 Zeitkapsel Beschützer der Erde PK-4
Zeitkapsel Experimente
TRANSPARENT
Flumias
MYOTONES
ColdFlumias
Atoms Lab
Beschützer der PK-4
CompGran
Erde
Flumias
CO2 O2 CO2 O2 Bildung Cold Atoms Lab
MagVector/MFX-2
Call involves the work of 1000 scientists, engineers and programme man-
TRANSPARENT
PK-4 Call Bildung
TRANSPARENT Zeitkapsel Cold Atoms Lab
agers across Germany, who are working on approximately 50 German
PK-4 Photobioreaktor
Experimente CompGran
Immuno-2 ICARUS TRANSPARENT
Bildung
Call
Zeitkapsel PK-4 Experimente MYOTONES Zeitkapsel MagVector/MFX-2
CompGran
Zeitkapsel
CompGran
PK-4
CIMON
Bildung
Cold Atoms CompGran
Lab ICARUS Photobioreaktor CompGran
Beschützer der Erde
CO O CO2 Zeitkapsel
O Cold Atoms Lab
• Frankfurt experiments. The mission will also be addressed in numerous schools.
2 2 2
MYOTONES CompGran
Zeitkapsel
MYOTONES
Cold Atoms Lab PK-4
Gene Control Prime
SUPVIS-Justin
PK-4
Beschützer der Erde Zeitkapsel CompGran MYOTONES CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Cold Atoms
CompGran Lab Bildung
Experimente Call Cold Atoms Lab PK-4
Beschützer der Erde
Flumias
• Mainz Bildung CIMON
Beschützer derGene SUPVIS-Justin
Erde Control Prime
CompGran
Cold Atoms Lab Call ICARUS
PK-4 DLR has developed a comprehensive education programme about the
CompGran
Bildung
CompGran Call
PK-4 SUPVIS-Justin
Bildung Bildung
Experimente Time capsule
Gene Control Prime
PK-4
• Darmstadt CompGran
MagVector/MFX-2
Gene Control Prime Zeitkapsel Call
Experimente
ICARUS
Bildung horizons mission. This includes, amongst other things, competitions
Immuno-2
Zeitkapsel Call Bildung Flumias Gene Control Prime
Bildung
PK-4
Bildung
Zeitkapsel MYOTONES
Experimente
Beschützer der Erde
PK-4
Zeitkapsel
Call
Immuno-2
Photobioreaktor
MagVector/MFX-2
CompGran
TRANSPARENT Bildung
PK-4
Bildung
Photobioreaktor
CompGran Spaceflight show
for pupils and teaching materials – but, for example, also a space
Flumias
• Erlangen
Call Experimente
Bildung CompGran Call Photobioreaktor
Immuno-2 • Mannheim
ICARUS
Immuno-2 CO 2 O2 CO2 O2
Call
Experimente SUPVIS-Justin
CompGran show, designed to inspire an interest in research and technology in
Kaiserslautern • CompGran CIMON Bildung
• Nuremberg MYOTONESImmuno-2 CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Beschützer derCO
Erde
2 O2 CO2 O2
CompGran
Call Zeitkapsel Beschützer
Gene Control Prime
der Erde
CompGran
Experimente
ICARUS
CIMON
ExperimenteCall
Bildung
Cold Atoms Lab Call
CompGran
Experimente
SUPVIS-Justin
Beschützer
Call der Erde
High flyers
children and young people in many places. In addition, DLR has initiat-
Call
Experimente • Künzelsau Beschützer der Erde Flumias MYOTONES
CIMON
Call
CIMON
SUPVIS-Justin Bildung Experimente Experimente
Call
Bildung
ed an ideas competition inviting students to submit an idea, and the
Bildung • MagVector/MFX-2
Heilbronn Call
Flumias CIMON
Gene Control Prime
Bildung
Experimente
• KarlsruheFlumias Beschützer
Zeitkapsel
Immuno-2 Bildung
SUPVIS-Justin
der Erde
MagVector/MFX-2
Beschützer
PK-4
Call
Experimente
der Erde
Experimente
Photobioreaktor
Beschützer der Erde
Bildung
Zeitkapsel ARISS
best proposed experiments will be carried out during Alexander
Experimente Bildung
MYOTONESGene Control Prime
Beschützer der Erde
MagVector/MFX-2
Experimente
Photobioreaktor
MagVector/MFX-2
Zeitkapsel
TRANSPARENT Call Beschützer der Erde Beschützer der Erde Beschützer
Zeitkapsel der Erde
Photobioreaktor
Experimente CO 2 O2 CO2 O2
Gerst's mission. The German highlights of the mission and the
ICARUS Experimente TRANSPARENT
Call
• Stuttgart
MYOTONES
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Zeitkapsel Beschützer der Erde
MYOTONESImmuno-2 MagVector/MFX-2
Experimente participating DLR sites are shown on the map.
Call
Beschützer derCIMON
Erde Call Photobioreaktor
Zeitkapsel
ICARUS
Experimente
CompGran Beschützer der Erde
Gene Control Prime
Immuno-2 Call
Call Earth
CO2 O
Guardians
2 CO O
2 2
Beschützer der Erde
Zeitkapsel
ICARUS • HerrenbergICARUS Beschützer der Erde CO2 O2 TRANSPARENT
CO2 O2 Cold Atoms Lab ExperimenteZeitkapsel Zeitkapsel Zeitkapsel Call
Experimente SUPVIS-Justin
Beschützer der Erde Cold Atoms Lab
Flumias CIMON
Gene Control Prime ICARUS
ExperimenteMagVector/MFX-2
Zeitkapsel Experimente
Gene Control Prime • Ulm Zeitkapsel
Beschützer der Erde
Bildung Zeitkapsel
Zeitkapsel
Beschützer derDLR
Erde site
SUPVIS-Justin
Zeitkapsel Flumias Immuno-2 CIMON Experimente
Zeitkapsel
SUPVIS-Justin Cold Atoms PK-4
Lab Beschützer der Erde Beschützer der Erde
Experimente
SUPVIS-Justin
Photobioreaktor
Zeitkapsel MYOTONESPK-4
• Munich
Beschützer der Erde
Beschützer der Erde
ICARUS
Immuno-2 Oberpfaffenhofen
Zeitkapsel
•
SUPVIS-Justin
Immuno-2 MagVector/MFX-2
Experimente Control centre DLR.de/en/horizons
Beschützer der Erde CO
Photobioreaktor O 2 2 Call
CO2 O2
MYOTONESCIMON MagVector/MFX-2
Beschützer der Erde
Photobioreaktor Radolfzell • Weingarten Photobioreaktor
CO 2 O 2 CO2 PK-4
O 2
CompGran Zeitkapsel Zeitkapsel
Zeitkapsel
CO2
• CIMON
O2 • Stetten
Flumias
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
CompGran
Gene Control Prime CIMON ICARUS Photobioreaktor
Zeitkapsel
CO
Zeitkapsel SUPVIS-Justin Zeitkapsel 2 O2
Beschützer der Erde
• Friedrichshafen
Experimente
Gene Control Prime CO
MagVector/MFX-2O
ICARUS 2 2 CO2
Zeitkapsel
O2
CompGran Bildung Beschützer der Erde
12 MagVector/MFX-2
MYOTONESImmuno-2 Bildung SUPVIS-Justin
MagVector/MFX-2 13
Photobioreaktor
Beschützer der Erde
Immuno-2 ICARUS SUPVIS-Justin
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Bildung Call Zeitkapsel
horizons –
Altitude between International Space Station ISS
370 and 460 km Facts and figures
The ISS is humanity's largest The astronauts have as much space on
technology project. the ISS as in a jumbo jet:
1200 m3
Germany finances 41 per cent of the
European contribution to utilisation of
the ISS.
110 m
262,400 solar cells extend over 2500 m2
and provide the astronauts on the ISS
with as much electrical power as is
required by 40 homes.
88 m
around
110 kW
450 t
The ISS was assembled in 32 stages over
a period of 12 years. The components
94 min. 08 0
20201
were flown into space via 36 Space
Orbital period approx.
Shuttle and five Russian launches.
1998
51.6° inclination of orbit
ISS partner countries:
Orbital velocity approx. 28,000 km/h
14 19Knowledge for
exploration
horizons –
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Today’s global challenges can only be overcome through joint ef-
forts. For this reason, in September 2015, all the member states of
the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Devel-
opment – a milestone in the recent history of the international com-
munity. The agenda was developed with the extensive involvement
of civil societies around the world, laying the foundation for global
economic advancement in harmony with social justice and within
Earth’s ecological limits. At its heart is an ambitious catalogue of 17
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For the first time, they take
all three dimensions of sustainability equally into account – social,
environmental and economic. Five key themes are presented as the Knowledge for health, environment
guiding principles: people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.
The 2030 Agenda applies to all nations of the world – developing
and climate change
nations, emerging nations and industrial nations must all make a
contribution. German space research on the International Space Sta-
tion is making a contribution to reaching these goals. The German
experiments selected for Alexander Gerst’s horizons mission provide
Knowledge for digitalisation,
knowledge for ‘Health, Environment and Climate Change’, ‘Digitali-
sation, Industry 4.0, Energy and Mobility of Tomorrow’, as well as
Industry 4.0, energy
for ‘young talents’ in the best sense of the UN goals for sustainable and mobility
development and improved spaceflight.
DLR.de/en/horizons www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
Knowledge for
young talents
15 18Universität Magdeburg
horizons –
Knowledge for health, the environment and
climate change
A one-of-a-kind laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS) pro-
vides excellent opportunities to research our bodies, as well as the
cells of humans, animals and plants under space conditions. In this
way, for example, we are gaining insights into illnesses such as can-
cer, immunodeficiency and bone and muscle atrophy. Innovative
medications and therapeutic approaches can be derived directly from
this knowledge, which will improve our life on Earth. For example,
thanks to FLUMIAS, a new microscope that magnifies and shows
cells in 3D in microgravity, we are gaining a completely new insight
into human tissue, cell cultures, microorganisms and plants. This will
help us to improve global health through new medical opportunities.
Myotones, a new mobile and non-invasive device, will for the first
time monitor the fundamental biomechanical properties of the skele-
tal muscles in order to examine changes due to the lack of gravity.
On Earth, the knowledge obtained will lead, for example, to im-
proved rehabilitation and training programmes as countermeasures
to muscle and bone atrophy. Astronauts’ bodies will be examined to
investigate the stress-related weakening of the immune system of
both people in space and on Earth and to develop effective counter-
measures. This knowledge is a prerequisite for the development of
new, preventive and therapeutic measures for astronauts as well as
for seriously ill patients in intensive care.
FLUMIAS, a new microscope on the ISS, will for
the first time directly image cells in microgravity
(here vimentin, an element of the cytoskeleton
of vertebrates and a general marker for soft-
tissue tumours).
20 21MYOTONES Flumias Immuno-2
The migratory behaviour of animals can tell us
Bourry/DLR
a great deal about environmental and climate The treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria is a major health prob-
changes. Tiny transmitters attached to small
lem across the globe. According to a study, several thousand people
animals such as birds send data to the ISS in
the ICARUS project, allowing us to track their Gene Control Prime
Flumiasdie each year fromCIMON
MYOTONES these pathogens because they are resistant to
routes globally for the first time. antibiotics. Thanks to research on the ISS, a remedy has been devel-
oped – cold plasma. It can be applied to wounds and, according to
clinical studies, it has a 70 per cent success rate in killing pathogens.
Cold plasma is already being used for disinfecting medical equip-
ment. TRANSPARENT
Flumias MagVector/MFX-2
Immuno-2 MYOTONESGene Control Prime
Environmental and climate conditions can also be researched from
the ISS. For example, animals have a very strong intuition for sensing
climate change and have a ‘sixth sense’ for impending natural disas-
ters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Within ICARUS, tiny
transmitters attached to small animals such as birds or bats send data
Cold Atoms Lab
MYOTONESFlumias CIMON Gene Control
on their migratory ICARUS
Immuno-2
Prime behaviour to the ISS. Researchers can analyse this
valuable information and draw conclusions about climatic changes
on Earth. More information about these experiments can be found
on page 29.
Flumias Gene Control Prime
MYOTONES MagVector/MFX-2
Immuno-2 CIMON SUPVIS-Justin TRANSPARENT
PK-4
DLR.de/en/horizons
Flumias ICARUS
MYOTONESImmuno-2 Gene Control Prime CIMON MagVector/MFX-2 TRANSPARENT
Photobioreaktor Cold AtomsCompGran
Lab
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
MYOTONESGene Control
CIMON
Prime Immuno-2 SUPVIS-Justin ICARUS
MagVector/MFX-2 Cold AtomsPK-4
Lab Bildung
Gene Control Prime
Immuno-2 MagVector/MFX-2
CIMON Photobioreaktor
ICARUS SUPVIS-Justin PK-4 CompGran Call
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
22 23DLR/T. Bourry/ESA
horizons –
Knowledge for digitalisation, Industry 4.0,
energy and mobility
Digitalisation means change. This change presents a structural chal-
lenge to our modern information society, making it necessary for us
to further technological progress in both hardware and software. In
our everyday lives, we notice this in continuous follow-up develop-
ments – smartphones are becoming more intelligent and they link
via the Internet of Things to domestic appliances such as refrigera-
tors and washing machines. Speech assistants support people in their
daily work. One such digital assistant will be used on the Interna-
tional Space Station (ISS). CIMON, however, is an extraterrestrial
companion and more than a mere speech assistant. The seventh
crewmember is a ‘brain on the ISS’. Equipped with Artificial Intelli-
gence – an important future building block in the digitalisation age
– it will, in the classic sense of human-machine interaction, support
the astronauts in their daily work and increase their efficiency. But
robots are not only used on the ISS. During his mission, within the
METERON project, Alexander Gerst will give commands to a
humanoid robot on Earth, so that it can solve tasks largely autono-
mously. A key objective of CIMON and METERON SUPVIS Justin is
also to drive innovation for terrestrial applications in the fields of
robotic industrial production, medicine and care, as well as
education.
The CompGran experiment in the fields of physics and materials
In this photomontage, CIMON floats as the
seventh ISS crew member in the Columbus research should bring further industrial advancements. On the ISS,
module at the European Astronaut Center in Alexander Gerst will investigate the behaviour of granules in order to
Cologne. CIMON is able to 'fly' and is equipped
with Artificial Intelligence – a globally unique
technology demonstration.
24 25MYOTONESGene Control
Flumias
Prime
improve industrial processes and facilities on Earth. This research will
have a great effect on the economy, because granules such as sand
Flumias Gene Control Prime
Immuno-2 MYOTONES or grain are the most processed goods after liquids. Gerst will also
investigate the behaviour of plasmas, in order to expand our under-
standing of this state of matter. This knowledge should result in
technological advances in the production of semiconductors –
including microchips – modern propulsion systems, valves and shock
TRANSPARENT absorbers. Melting experiments in the Electromagnetic Levitator
MYOTONESImmuno-2 CIMON Gene Control Prime (EML) on the ISS should generate technological advances in the
industrial casting processes of high-tech materials on Earth – such
as new types of lighter aircraft turbine blades and engine casings.
Amongst other things, this research will make aircraft and cars
lighter, thus helping to save fuel and energy – for cleaner mobility
in the future. Long-term experiments on ultra-cold atoms in a new,
Cold Atoms Lab
CIMON
Gene Control Prime Immuno-2
MagVector/MFX-2 unique laboratory can further advance the development of cutting-
edge chip technology, miniaturised laser modules and high-precision
clocks and sensors. With these developments, satellite navigation, for
example, will be even more precise in the future. More information
about these experiments can be found on page 29.
Immuno-2 MagVector/MFX-2
ICARUS CIMON PK-4 TRANSPARENT
DLR.de/en/horizons
CIMON ICARUS CompGran TRANSPARENT
MagVector/MFX-2
SUPVIS-Justin Cold Atoms Lab
SUPVIS-Justin
MagVector/MFX-2 ICARUS
Photobioreaktor Bildung Cold AtomsPK-4
Lab
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
Artist’s impression of the magneto-optical
NASA
trap and the atom chip that will be used in a
laboratory on board the ISS for trapping ultra-
cold atoms. ICARUS Photobioreaktor SUPVIS-Justin
Call PK-4 CompGran
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
26 27CompGran PK-4 TRANSPARENT
Cold Lab
Cold Atoms Atoms Lab
MYOTONES
An aluminium sphere full of surprises horizons – knowledge for young talents
DLR
– the DLR time capsule includes a
durable data carrier holding the wish- Bildung CompGran ColdPK-4
Atoms PK-4
Lab
es of school children as well as photo- Gene Control Prime
graphs from everyday life. In addition,
a toy car, a paper plane, the most Young enthusiastic people are key for our future. The challenge of mately orbiting Earth, the DLR space show will simultaneously be on
enigmatic stone in the world and economies around the world is summarised in this simple statement. tour to inspire many thousands of pupils, in the style of a science-
other terrestrial and extraterrestrial
materials are included, and will wait The space industry also depends on young people. The horizons mis- on-stage presentation. ‘Earth Guardians’ will also be sought in a
to see light again in 2068. sion provides the ideal opportunity to inspire the youth about space- large competition. What can we do to protect habitats and maintain
Callflight, andBildung
thus the natural sciencesPK-4
andCompGran
high-tech professions as a
CompGran biodiversity? Pupils will address this question. In this, they will deal
whole. To this end, DLR Immuno-2
has tied an entire education package to with the ICARUS project, which observes the movement of animals
Alexander Gerst’s flight. For example, a time capsule has been sent from the ISS. Thus they will find out how animal migration behaviour
to the ISS, which, in addition to important data of our time and pho- is linked to environmental changes and natural disasters.
tographs of the everyday lives of many people, also contains numer-
ous wishes for the future of pupils across Germany. Upon his return In addition, children and young people from 14 different schools and
to Earth, Alexander Gerst will hand over the time capsule to the three DLR pupil laboratories – the DLR_School_Labs – will call the ISS
Experimente Call CompGran
BildungBildung
German National Museum CIMON of Contemporary History (Haus der to ask Alexander Gerst questions in real time. And, finally, the
Geschichte) in Bonn, where the aluminium sphere will be kept until DLR_School_Labs will be holding teacher workshops that will also
it will be opened on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the hori- carry the subject of research in microgravity to schools. However,
zons mission. during the horizons mission, there will be more than just campaigns
for schoolchildren – ‘High flyers’ will be selected in a competition
Furthermore, DLR – together with renowned partners such as the for students. With the support of space experts, students of German
Deutsche Experimente
Beschützer der Erde MagVector/MFX-2
Physikalische
Bildung
Gesellschaft (German
Call Society), the
Call Physical universities have devised, set up and built their own experiments.
Klett MINT publishing house and Jugend forscht – has produced Here, pump technologies for future spaceflight will be developed
educational materials, which have met with an enthusiastic response and the formation of planets studied.
already before Gerst's launch to space. And while ‘Astro_Alex’ is ulti-
Zeitkapsel Beschützer ICARUS
der Erde Call Experimente
Experimente DLR.de/en/horizons DLR.de/next/
Zeitkapsel SUPVIS-Justin
ExperimenteBeschützer
Beschützer der Erdeder Erde
Photobioreaktor
Beschützer der Erde
Zeitkapsel
Zeitkapsel
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
CO2 O2 CO2 O2
31An aluminium sphere full of surprises horizons information cards –
DLR
– the DLR time capsule includes a
durable data carrier holding the wish-
es of school children as well as photo-
graphs from everyday life. In addition,
13 experiments at a glance
a toy car, a paper plane, the most
enigmatic stone in the world and
horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow
other terrestrial and extraterrestrial
materials are included, and will wait When Alexander Gerst conducts research on the International Space
to see light again in 2068. Station (ISS), he will carry out approximately 65 European experi-
ments – Germany contributes to approximately 50. We have selected
13 German experiments of the horizons mission, which exemplify
the mission motto of ‘Knowledge for Tomorrow’ and will provide us When Alexander Gerst returns to Earth in December 2018, the hori-
with knowledge related to the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Deve- zons mission will come to an end – but the story of the International
lopment Goals (SDGs). Space Station (ISS) will continue. Thanks to generous support from
the German government, Europe has been able to keep its promise
to extend ISS operations until 2024. With this planning security,
many new test facilities and experiments are being worked on by the
DLR Space Administration with funds from the German Federal Min-
istry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). In this way, German
scientists and engineers at DLR institutes, universities and space com-
panies, together with colleagues in other countries, can continue to
develop solutions to society's global challenges: ‘Health, Environment
and Climate Change’, as well as ‘Digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Energy
and Mobility of Tomorrow’.
DLR.de/en/horizons
28 29 30horizons_GB_4/2018
DLR at a glance
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research centre
of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its extensive research and development work in aero-
nautics, space, energy, transport, digitalisation and security is integrated into national and
international cooperative ventures. In addition to its own research, as Germany’s space
agency, DLR has been given responsibility by the federal government for the planning and
implementation of the German space programme. DLR is also the umbrella organisation
for the nation’s largest project management agency.
DLR has approximately 8000 employees at 20 locations in Germany: Cologne (headquar-
ters), Augsburg, Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Dresden, Göttingen,
Hamburg, Jena, Jülich, Lampoldshausen, Neustrelitz, Oberpfaffenhofen, Oldenburg, Sta-
de, Stuttgart, Trauen, and Weilheim. DLR also has offices in Brussels, Paris, Tokyo and
Washington D.C.
Imprint
Publisher:
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Address:
DLR Space Administration
Königswinterer Straße 522–524
53225 Bonn
Telephone +49 ( 0) 228 447-0
DLR.de/en
Cover image: J. Blair/NASA
Printed on recycled, chlorine-free
bleached paper.You can also read
