In 1996, the European Space Agency ESA awarded EADS Astrium the contract for the complete development and integration of the COLUMBUS space laboratory, the European contribution to the International Space Station. Columbus is a pressurised laboratory 6.7 metres long and four and a half metres in diameter, with its own survival system. Three astronaut-researchers will be able to carry out fundamental research work, covering material sciences, medicine, pharmaceuticals, human physiology, biology, Earth observation, fluid physics and astronomy. It has been permanently docked to the ISS in 2008, operating for at least 15 years.
COLUMBUS - Space laboratory Columbus in the integration hall at EADS Astrium Space Transportation in Bremen.
Columbus: the main European contribution to the International Space Station. Columbus is a pressurised laboratory 6.7 metres long and four and a half metres in diameter, with its own survival system. Three astronaut-researchers will be able to carry out fundamental research work, covering material sciences, medicine, pharmaceuticals, human physiology, biology, Earth observation, fluid physics and astronomy. It has been permanently docked to the ISS in 2008, operating for at least 15 years.
COLUMBUS, Mock up 1:1. In 1996, the European Space Agency ESA awarded EADS Astrium the contract for the complete development and integration of the COLUMBUS space laboratory, the European contribution to the International Space Station. Columbus is a pressurised laboratory 6.7 metres long and four and a half metres in diameter, with its own survival system. Three astronaut-researchers will be able to carry out fundamental research work, covering material sciences, medicine, pharmaceuticals, human physiology, biology, Earth observation, fluid physics and astronomy. It has been permanently docked to the ISS in 2008, operating for at least 15 years.
COLUMBUS’ laboratory in the integration hall. In 1996, the European Space Agency ESA awarded EADS Astrium the contract for the complete development and integration of the COLUMBUS space laboratory, the European contribution to the International Space Station. Columbus is a pressurised laboratory 6.7 metres long and four and a half metres in diameter, with its own survival system. Three astronaut-researchers will be able to carry out fundamental research work, covering material sciences, medicine, pharmaceuticals, human physiology, biology, Earth observation, fluid physics and astronomy. It has been permanently docked to the ISS in 2008, operating for at least 15 years.
BIOLAB, Columbus. The COLUMBUS space laboratory, the main European contribution to the International Space Station, is a pressurised laboratory 6.7 metres long and four and a half metres in diameter, with its own survival system. Three astronaut-researchers will be able to carry out fundamental research work, covering material sciences, medicine, pharmaceuticals, human physiology, biology, Earth observation, fluid physics and astronomy. It has been permanently docked to the ISS in 2008, operating for at least 15 years.
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