INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE TO ARRIVE IN FLORIDA THIS MONTH

May 5, 2006

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-082

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE TO ARRIVE IN FLORIDA THIS MONTH

Columbus is embarking on a new journey to the United States. The
European Space Agency's Columbus module, a laboratory facility
destined for the International Space Station, is set to arrive at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., from Bremen, Germany on May 30.

NASA will welcome Columbus during a ceremony Friday, June 2, at 10
a.m. EDT at Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility. Media are
invited. Video highlights will air on the NASA TV Video File on the
Media Channel on the afternoon of June 2.

The Columbus module is the European Space Agency's primary
contribution to the International Space Station. The module will be
used to support a variety of life, physical and materials science
experiments. At Kennedy, it will be processed for launch on a future
space shuttle mission.

Media without Kennedy credentials can apply for accreditation via the
online media accreditation Web site. International media must apply
for accreditation by close of business May 15 at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

For information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


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