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ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report # 111 Increment 30: 27 January 2012

6 February 2012 This is ISS status report #111 from the European Space Agency outlining ESA’s science-related activities that have taken place on the ISS during the past two weeks for different European experiments and experiment facilities.

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Nespoli performs hot-swap of faulty valve on Columbus

13 April 2011 A joint effort is combining sophisticated engineering analysis on the ground with old-fashioned hands-on work in space after ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli undertook the complex installation of a replacement water valve in ESA's Columbus science laboratory.

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Protein experiment starts in Columbus laboratory

27 March 2009 Launched on flight STS-119 with Space Shuttle Discovery, the Processing Unit for ESA's Protein Crystallisation Diagnostic Facility was installed inside the European Columbus laboratory last week. After initial commissioning of the facility, the first experiment is now underway.

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