Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station (ISS) and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European...
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The Columbus Control Centre entered full-time operation during the STS-122 Shuttle Mission, which delivered the Columbus module to the ISS. The module was...
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The Columbus External Payload Facility (Columbus-EPF) is a component of the European Columbus module on the International Space Station (ISS). It consists...
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based on the existing Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, as well as the European Space Agency's Columbus module (both of which have only one passive Common...
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International Space Station (redirect from Iss)
of the ISS is the Integrated Truss Structure, which connect the station’s vast system of solar panels and radiators to its pressurized modules. These...
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Biolab (redirect from Biolab (ISS Facility))
the Columbus laboratory. Space Shuttle Atlantis on ISS Assembly Flight 1E, mission STS-122, successfully delivered the Columbus module to the ISS on February...
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(27 ft) in diameter (compare to the 4.4-metre (14 ft) diameter of the Columbus ISS Module). The name of the project is a contraction of Transit Habitat reflecting...
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European Transportation Carrier (redirect from ETC (ISS Facility))
compatible with the ISS standards for transport in the MPLM and Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the use on board the ISS partner modules like Destiny,...
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that goes back to Spacelab. In addition, ESA's Columbus module, the Harmony and Tranquility ISS modules and the ATV and Cygnus resupply craft all trace...
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U.S. State of Georgia Columbus may also refer to: Columbus (crater), a crater on Mars Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International...
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Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM 2, Russian: Малый исследовательский модуль 2), is a docking module of the International Space Station (ISS). Added in 2009...
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first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station (ISS). This cylindrical module, constructed of steel by Boeing for NASA, serves as the critical...
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Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (category Columbus (ISS module))
(ISS). It was launched and installed on the Columbus External Payload Facility in April 2025. Operation in the microgravity environment of the ISS provides...
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Assembly of the International Space Station (redirect from ISS assembly sequence)
assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November...
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The European Physiology Module (EPM) is an International Standard Payload Rack for the Columbus Laboratory on board the International Space Station. The...
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the ISS Spectroscopy SOLAR: three years observing and ready for solar maximum - ESA Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus (Solar)...
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an autonomous crewed space platform. It consisted of a Columbus module docked to a service module containing solar power collectors, communications and...
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Spacelab (section Habitable module)
1982 Spaceflight portal Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer Hermes (spacecraft) International Space Station Columbus (ISS module) Space Shuttle retirement...
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Fluid Science Laboratory (redirect from FSL (ISS Facility))
Science Laboratory is a European (ESA's) science payload designed for use in Columbus built by Alenia Spazio, OHB-System and Verhaert Design and Development...
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European Technology Exposure Facility (redirect from EuTEF (ISS Facility))
the European Columbus laboratory, one of the modules of the International Space Station. The facility, mounted onto the exterior of Columbus, provided a...
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Microgravity Science Glovebox (redirect from MSG (ISS Facility))
ISS during Expedition 5, whereupon it was installed in the Destiny module. On March 21, 2008, during Expedition 16, MSG was relocated to the Columbus...
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ISS-RapidScat was an instrument mounted to the International Space Station's Columbus module that measured wind speeds. It was launched aboard SpaceX CRS-4...
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Scientific research on the International Space Station (redirect from ISS science)
ISS includes a number of modules devoted to scientific activity as well as other hardware designed for the same purpose. Laboratory modules: Columbus...
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European Drawer Rack (redirect from EDR (ISS Facility))
sends streaming video, images, and science data to Earth via the Columbus module's high-rate data link and can temporarily store 72 GB of video. The...
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Space Station Freedom, and the ESA approved the Columbus laboratory by 1987. The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), or Kibō, was announced in 1985, as part...
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US Orbital Segment (section Enhanced ISS Boom Assembly)
Columbus also has four external payload locations, used to expose experiments to the vacuum of space. The Columbus module was delivered to the ISS by...
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Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, payloads, and experiments. ATVs also reboosted the station into a higher orbit. Columbus is a science laboratory...
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Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (redirect from MARES (ISS Facility))
position inside the HRF MARES Rack, integrated into a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) and transported to the International Space Station. When deployed...
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ambitious ISS modules to date, the Centrifuge Accommodations Module, has been cancelled due to the prohibitive costs NASA faces in simply completing the ISS. As...
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Station Skylab II (FlexCraft) Skylab B Sundancer Tiangong-3 Incorporated into ISS Space Station Freedom USOS Columbus MTFF Columbus (ISS module) Mir-2 ROS...
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