Two European Space Agency (ESA) experiments will be flying on the International Space Station (ISS) later this year.
A global transmission service (GTS) and the Matroshka radiation monitor will be aboard Russia's Zvezda service module in November .
The GTS uses a transmitter with two dedicated frequencies to provide users with a highly accurate time signal.
The service will provide accurate time receipt and automated local time conversion for mobile users on the ground; car theft-protection, working with electronic car keys; and coding and recoding of electronic chip, smart and credit cards.
Europe has also played a major role in the development of NASA's alpha magnetic spectrometer (AMS) which is also flying on the Zvezda. The AMS will study matter and anti-matter in space to support the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
The AMS is expected to detect several anti-carbon nuclei every week if the theory of the Big Bang is correct.
Five more experiments will be flown next year outside the US Laboratory module, says ESA.
Source: Flight International
