Information about the Cosmic Kiss mission
Mission | Cosmic Kiss (ISS Expedition 66/67) |
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Launch to the ISS | 11 November 2021 (CET) |
Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 (SpaceX) |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon (SpaceX) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA |
Astronaut | Matthias Maurer
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Mission duration | Six months |
Crew-3 |
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Backup crew |
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Docking with the ISS | Approximately 11 to 12 hours after launch |
Hatch opening | TBD |
Return to Earth | April 2022 |
Name | Topic | Parties involved |
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DLR experiments in the fields of life sciences, natural sciences and technology demonstrations | ||
Concrete Hardening (previously MASON) | Crystallisation of various concrete mixes on the ISS | DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space, BioTESC, University of Bochum, German Space Agency at DLR |
Thermo Mini | Körpertemperaturregulation, Sensor-Miniaturisierung | German Space Agency at DLR, Charité Berlin, KORA GmbH |
Metabolic Space | Non-invasive diagnostics, breath gas analysis, wearables | University of Dresden and the German Space Agency at DLR, CADMOS |
AI Retinal Diagnostics | Non-invasive diagnostics | DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, CADMOS |
Cimon 2.1 (already on board the ISS) | AI assistance systems, human–machine interaction, technology | German Space Agency at DLR, ADS, IBM, BioTESC |
EasyMotion | Muscle simulation with a special suit, sensor systems, technology | German Space Agency at DLR, Charité Berlin, ESA-EAC, OHB, EasyMotionSkin |
WICOnet - Wireless Communication Network | Technology demonstration, communications, wearables | DLR Institute of Space Systems |
Dosis 3D Mini | Dosimetry | DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine |
Skin Band Aid | Bio 3D printer | German Space Agency at DLR, OHB |
On Board Training in Virtual Reality | Training in virtual reality | DLR Space Operations and Astronaut Training and ESA-EAC CADMOS |
CAL (already on board the ISS) | Cold atoms | German Space Agency at DLR, universities of Hanover and Ulm, NASA |
ICARUS (already on board the ISS) | Animal migration, technology | German Space Agency at DLR, MPIO, STI, Roscosmos |
Cellbox-3 | Cell biology/biomedicine – Immune system, neurobiology | German Space Agency at DLR, Uni Frankfurt, Charité Berlin, Yuri GmbH |
FLARE (already on board the ISS) | Experiments into fire safety during space missions | German Space Agency at DLR, ZARM, JAXA, NASA, ESA, CNES |
DLR education and outreach initiatives | ||
CIMON-EDU | Quiz, guided tour and ambassadors for Stiftung KinderHerz (Children's Heart Foundation) | German Space Agency at DLR, ADS, IBM, Stiftung KinderHerz |
CalliopEO | Earth observation, programming competition (including after the mission) | German Space Agency at DLR, Uni Bochum Calliope gGmbH |
Granular Damping | Granular media | DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space |
Touching Surfaces* (* will eventually be moved to science) | Biocontamination of surfaces | DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine |
Dzhanibekov-Experiment | Physics/kinematics | Tessloff, German Space Agency at DLR, DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space |
Earth Guardian 3 | Competition, videos | German Space Agency at DLR |
Hand in Hand around the World | Colouring competition for primary schools with Life Call | DLR education and outreach |
EPO Maurer generic videos | Videos for CalliopEO, Überflieger-2, EG-3, Touching Surfaces, etc. | German Space Agency at DLR |
ARISS calls | School children speak by radio with Matthias Maurer on the ISS | German Space Agency at DLR |
Projects under the ESA Science in the Space Environment (SciSpacE) research programme | ||
Biofilms | Microbiology | University of Saarbrücken, DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine |
Immunity assay | Human Physiology | LMU Munich |
CerISS | Human Physiology | University of Bochum, Charité Berlin |
SMASH | Human Physiology | LMU Munich |
DOSIS-3D | Dosimetry, radiation biology | University of Kiel |
Exercise Kinetics | Human Physiology | DSHS Cologne |
Immuno-2 | Human Physiology | LMU Munich |
Myotones | Human Physiology | Charité Berlin, German Space Agency at DLR |
EML | Materials Science | Universities of Jena, Ulm, Göttingen and Dresden |
MSL | Materials Science | ACCESS, Aachen |
TRANSPARENT ALLOYS | Materials Science | ACCESS, Aachen |
PK-4 | Complex Plasmas | DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space, University of Gießen |
DLR projects outside the Cosmic Kiss timeframe | ||
Laplace | Planetary formation, planetary dusts, simulation | German Space Agency at DLR via SAS |
Überflieger (EPO) | Student competition | German Space Agency at DLR, LSA |
GRaSCha | Sound propagation in granular media | DLR Institute of Materials Physics in Space, German Space Agency at DLR |
Seeds II and MYST | Wildflower and vegetable cultivation in analogue Martian soil | German Space Agency at DLR, BioTESC, Rieger-Hofmann GmbH |
Industry projects and projects by other parties conducted on the ISS that relate to Cosmic Kiss | ||
ACLS | Life support system | Airbus FDH |
ESM (European Service Module) | ISS barter elements, Moon and exploration | Airbus Bremen, LM, NASA |
Bartolomeo | ISS external platform | Airbus Bremen |
ANITA (in the US-EXPRESS Rack) | Breathing air monitoring/technology | ESA, OHB |
ERA | European Robotic Arm | ESA |