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    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 ISS is the Integrated Truss Structure, which connects the large solar panels and radiators to the pressurized modules. The pressurized modules are...
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    time. Columbus-EPF was transported to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Columbus module on STS-122/1E in February 2008. Columbus-EPF payloads...
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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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    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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    (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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    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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    depressurized during spacewalks, which presents safety issues in an ISS evacuation scenario. The module was designed and manufactured by S.P. Korolev RSC Energia...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
    Station (ISS). Two MPLMs made a dozen trips in the Shuttle cargo bay and initially berthed to the Unity module and later the Harmony module on the ISS. From...
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    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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for European Technology Exposure 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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    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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  • Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (category Columbus (ISS module))
    ACES module will be externally mounted to the ESA's Columbus Laboratory with an 18-30 month expected operations phase. Scientific research on the ISS European...
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  • Thumbnail for Unity (ISS module)
    The Unity connecting module, also known as Node 1, is the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station (ISS). It connects the Russian...
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    1982 Spaceflight portal Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer Hermes (spacecraft) International Space Station Columbus (ISS module) Space Shuttle retirement...
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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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    after the ISS is decommissioned. The modules under consideration for removal from the current ISS included the Multipurpose Laboratory Module (Nauka),...
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  • Thumbnail for Scientific research on the International Space Station
    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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    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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    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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    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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    focus on the Columbus module, reconfigured for the ISS. The module was approved in 1995 but delays in station construction meant Columbus would not fly...
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    Node 2 Cupola Columbus Pirs Poisk Rassvet Japanese Experiment Module Typical ISS rack Pressurized Mating Adapters Zvezda Service Module Zarya FGB List...
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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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    Radio on the ISS (December 24, 2022). "Checking the status of the ISS ham radio stations: Columbus Module Voice Repeater is ON! Service Module Packet Repeater...
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    STS-122 (redirect from ISS 1E)
    February 7, 2008. STS-122 was the ISS Assembly Flight 1E, which delivered the European Columbus laboratory module to the station, along with the Biolab...
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