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Tue, Apr 25, 2006

ESA's Columbus Lab Ready For Launch

Will Blast Off For ISS In 2007

Columbus is about to discover America... well, in a manner of speaking. Construction on the International Space Station's Columbus module -- the European Space Agency's major contribution to the ISS -- is finished.

Columbus will be flown from Bremen, Germany, to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the second half of next year, for launch aboard a future space shuttle mission.

The ESA reports that during the module's planned 10-year operational lifetime, scientific researchers in Europe, with the help of the astronauts onboard Columbus and a Europe-wide support infrastructure on the ground, will be able to conduct a vast program of experiments in the areas of the life and physical sciences, materials science, fundamental physics and technology research.

It's a big achievement for the ESA -- and accordingly, the Europeans are making a big deal of its completion. In fact, there's a huge ceremony scheduled for May 2 -- and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to attend.

FMI: www.esa.int

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