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jsc2023e010180 (5/20/2022) --- This is a group picture of the DLR, ESA, and Kayser Italia teams after successful integration of the ESA-Biofilms experiment for its second launch in 2022. The assembled hardware is in the front on the table. The blue experiment containers were later integrated by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti into the two KUBIK incubators inside the Columbus laboratory aboard the International Space Station. The ESA-Biofilms investigation studies bacterial biofilm formation and antimicrobial properties of different metal surfaces under spaceflight conditions in altered gravity. Image courtesy of DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.