ESA’s Columbus Module Transferred to Launch Pad
Credit: GEORGE SHELTON/NASA
The European Space Agency Columbus module—the cornerstone of Europe’s $7-billion investment in the International Space Station—was hoisted Nov. 1 from its checkout cell at the Kennedy Space Center and transferred to the launch pad Nov. 6. It was to be moved into the orbiter Atlantis Nov. 11 (see p...
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