Team Heat Transfer Host

The team working with the Condensation on Fins experiment celebrate its installation in the Columbus Module on the International Space Station from France's space agency CNES User Support and Operation Centre CADMOS. 

Members of ESA, CNES and Redwire Space witnessed how NASA astronaut Michael Fincke slotted in the experiment module inside the new Heat Transfer Host 2 facility. 

This waist-high module sits within the European Drawer Rack-2 as the latest upgrade for the European Columbus laboratory. The facility is working flawlessly, and its design allows for experiments to be slotted in and run autonomously.

Before experiments are launched, USOCs develop procedures for experiments, optimise and calibrate payloads and experiments, and support training activities for astronauts.