ESA and Airbus sign contract for Bartolomeo platform on the International Space Station
(WorldNews Netherlands)

New research platform scheduled for launch in March 2020 Bremen, 23 January 2020 - The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency ESA has now firmly booked a payload slot for a Norwegian instrument to monitor plasma density in the Earth`s atmosphere. The Bartolomeo platform - named after Christopher Columbus` younger brother - is...