ESA plasma sampler heads for the Moon and ISS
Multi-needle Langmuir probe, m-NLP An innovative instrument supported by ESA to sample the space weather environment in situ is about to join the International Space Station. Langmuir’s Norwegian multi-needle probe, m-NLP, to be installed on the ISS’ European-made Bartolomeo platform, an open ‘porch’ to space, will map the ionospheric plasma surrounding the Station in a …