EXPORT is an exobiology project led by the European Space Agency, that's planned to be deployed in space to study the photo-processing of organic molecules and the survival of micro-organisms in space, as well as the effect of solar UV on unshielded organic molecules and micro-organisms. EXPORT will be located outside on the external facility of the ESA columbus module. The payload consists of two independent instruments, EXPOSE and SPOrt. EXPOSE is an exobiology experiment that studies the phot… (More on Exports) |