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ASTRIUM – A NEW NAME IN SPACE LIFE SCIENCES.   P. Kern, U.M. Kuebler.   Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Astrium is the merger of former DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) of Germany with MatraMarconiSpace (MMS) of France and Great Britain.  Both companies have a long history of self-standing space life science programs, as well as a joint LS project, for example the BIORACK which flew on 6 shuttle missions and was built by Matra/Toulouse and Dornier/Friedrichshafen, which now belong to ASTRIUM.

The presentation will focus on the actual status of the ASTRIUM Life Science Program and will give details on some of  its present and future payloads:

            •  BIOLAB for ESA, ISS payload

            •  EMCS for ESA, ISS contribution to NASA

            •  LBNP for DLR, ISS contribution to NASA

            •  CARDIOLAB for DLR/CNES, ISS payload

            •  BIOBOX for ESA, shuttle/spacehab or foton payload

            •  SEXSY for DLR, shuttle/spacehab payload

MEXSY Astrium R&D, modular experiment system