L’Europe a du talent et l’ESA en a besoin   Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Under the call sign 'Munich', the Columbus Control Centre will, from 2007, be responsible for systems on board the orbiting Columbus laboratory and for European science activities on board the ISS. The centre is already building operational expertise during ESA's Astrolab Mission.   Bettina Boehm, ESA’s Head of Human Resources Une culture de l'excellence et de la diversité     Jules Verne will be lifted into space on board an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Engineers at Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana, are preparing a special Ariane 5 ES ATV for the mission. Here the launch vehicle's storable propellant upper stage (Etage à Propergols Stockables or EPS) is lowered inside the main cryogenic stage. (11 January 2008) Release date: 21 mai 2008