iss036e016840 (7/9/2013) --- Close-up view of the COLUMBUS External Platform Facility (CEPF) and the Solar facility taken during extravehicular activity (EVA) 22 on the International Space Station. The Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus (Solar) is a monitoring observatory that will measure the solar spectral irradiance, which is of great importance for atmospheric modeling, atmospheric chemistry and climatology.
Date July 9, 2013