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Columbus activation underway
02-12-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)The STS-122 and International Space Station crews are busy with tasks to activate the European Columbus laboratory. Attached to the Station during a spacewalk on Monday, Columbus' hatch was opened for the first time at 15:08 CET this morning.
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- Spacewalk underway to install Columbus
02-11-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
A spacewalk is underway outside the International Space Station to install the European Columbus laboratory. Astronauts Rex Walheim and Stanley Love officially started the spacewalk at 15:13 CET (14:13 UT). Follow the action live on NASA TV.
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- New study on school bus safety shows injuries well exceed previous reports
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- Columbus hatch closed for last time
10-19-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Preparations of the European Columbus laboratory took an important step earlier this week with the final closure of the module's hatch ahead of the December launch to the International Space Station.
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- NASA set for Shuttle fuel tank repair
12-28-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
NASA has outlined a plan to repair a faulty electrical connector on Space Shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank. The repair could take several days or even weeks. The launch date for ESA's Columbus laboratory of 10 January 2008 is no longer feasible. For the latest updates, please consult the NASA website.
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- ESA astronaut Frank De Winne to spend six months on the ISS in 2009
02-11-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA PR 09-2008. With the Columbus mission well under way, the space station programme has assigned crews for the next flight opportunities. Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne joins Expedition 19 and will spend six months on the ISS in 2009. In May 2009, he will fly together with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS.
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- Childhood cognition research underway at Rutgers-Camden
02-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
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