Airbus Defence and Space plays a significant role in the major successes associated with European orbital systems; customers and partners worldwide rely on the experience and innovative spirit. Today, Airbus Defence and Space works on a number of exciting Space projects, including Orion ESM and the ISS’ Columbus module. A global competence centre for all human spaceflight-related activities, our additional competences include astronaut training, life support systems for Earth and Space, Space robotics, Space exploration programmes and, last but not least, sounding rockets for microgravity experiments.