The Foton-8 capsule after landing 24 October 1992 in Kazakhstan. The protrusion on the right side is ESA's Biopan, designed and manufactured for ESA by Kayser-Threde to open in orbit to expose experiments to the space environment. This was the Biopan-0 demonstration version. Foton and Bion recoverable satellites have, since 1987, regularly carried ESA payloads into orbit. ESA's Biobox, Biopan and FluidPac flight facilities were specifically designed for Bion/Foton missions. Foton-8 was launched from Russia's northern Plesetsk cosmodrome on 8 October 1992. [Image Date: 24-10-92] [98.08.004-005]