Electromagnetic Levitator while in use. ©DLR, 2014

During the mission there was quite a bit of different technology used. Technology could range from the devices used in the shuttle to the devices used to conduct the experiments. The Electromagnetic Levitator was used for the first time on the Futura mission. The Levitator can heat metals up to 2000 degrees Celsius or 1093.333 degrees Fahrenheit. The levitator melts the metals and then can freeze and suspend the metals mid-air as they melt and solidify. They used this machine to determine if loss of gravity changed how the metals were solidified. The metals were retrieved and then sent back to earth to have a thorough examination. The metals that were investigated included Coolcop, are metals combined rather than a pure metal such as copper. The metals that Futura investigated on combination were cobalt and copper. They observed the electromagnetic leviator and looked at the surface tension. Attached to the leviator was a camera attached called a Magnephas. It observed the magnetic alloys in the metals. This was tested every time the metals reached a new state such as liquefying or becoming solid.

On the shuttle were different laboratories; one lab was the Columbus Laboratory.
Within the laboratory they experimented in low-power sensory environments, which changed the temperature, pressure, and humidity. Their goal in the laboratory was to see if energy could be harvested from inside the station from the light, airflows, and temperature. This was just one of the laboratories.

Cristoforetti and her team used tons of different technological devices to determine scientific changes in materials throughout space, that were later compared to those changes on earth with gravity influencing them.