Airbus DS Space Systems, Inc
http://www.airbusdshouston.com
- Life Sciences
- Technology Development
Contact Information
Kris Kuehnel Director, Business Operations 832.224.4512 KKuehnel@AirbusDSHouston.comPrimary Services
- External Platform Program (in cooperation with NanoRacks)
- 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
Ground and/or Flight-Based 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 DS
Space Systems website at: www.AirbusDSHouston.com