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Léopold Eyharts, the man who will bring Columbus to life


ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts
 
ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts in Building 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in November 2006.

ISS configuration following STS-116
 
A view of the International Space Station (ISS) following the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission during which the P5 truss section was added, the Station's electrical supply was rewired and the P6 solar array was retracted. This image was taken shortly after Space Shuttle Discovery undocked at 23:10 CET (22:10 UT) on 19 December 2006.

Columbus laboratory (cutaway view)
 
An artist's impression of Columbus, a cutaway view, the European laboratory module of the International Space Station.

ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts
 
ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts during a training session with the Shuttle's robotic arm at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, in November 2006.

Hans Schlegel
 
ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel portrayed in Houston, June 2006. Schlegel will fly on the Shuttle that will deliver the Columbus orbital laboratory to the International Space Station in 2007.



Release date: 13 November 2007