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| | | | | | | Lanzamiento del Columbus previsto para el 7 de Febrero
14 enero 2008
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, ascends the five percent grade to the top of the hardstand on Launch Pad 39A. The rotating service structure, adjoined to the fixed service structure at right, has been rolled back in preparation for the Shuttle's arrival. Rollout is a milestone for Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station on mission STS-122, targeted for 6 December. On this mission, Atlantis will deliver the European Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. ESA's largest contribution to the Station, Columbus is a multifunctional, pressurized laboratory that will be permanently attached to U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. The laboratory will expand the research facilities on board the station, providing crew members and scientists from around the world the ability to conduct a variety of experiments in the physical, materials and life sciences.
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| | | | | | | | | STS122-S-002 (24 April 2007) - These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-122 crew portrait. From the left (front row) are astronauts Stephen N. Frick, commander; ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts; and Alan G. Poindexter, pilot. From the left (back row) are astronauts Leland D. Melvin, Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love and ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel, all mission specialists. Eyharts will join Expedition 16 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.
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| | Columbus Mission Articulos relacionados NASA set for Shuttle fuel tank repairColumbus placed inside Space ShuttleColumbus moves to payload canisterColumbus hatch closed for last timeLinks Relacionados Columbus laboratoryInternational Space StationHuman Spaceflight and ExplorationNASA Kennedy Space CenterRelated ESApod European Columbus laboratory is ready to launchESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts ready to make space history
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