Jacques van Oene
July 8th 05, 05:12 PM
N° 36-2005 - Paris, 8 July 2005
ESA awaits Space Shuttle's return to flight
The US Space Shuttle is poised to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center as
of 13 July on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The
success of that mission will give new momentum to the ISS, as future Shuttle
missions will be transporting large modules from ESA, the Columbus
laboratory, Japan and the US into orbit to continue the Space Station's
construction. Eleven European countries, represented by ESA, together with
the US, Russia, Japan and Canada are building the ISS.ESA's Columbus and its
sophisticated experiment facilities will allow crews of astronauts to
conduct research and development in microgravity in material sciences,
medicine, biology and technology, many eventually leading to benefits for
everyday life on Earth. The work on board will be controlled from a mission
control centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich in Germany.The
return-to-flight of the Space Shuttle also opens the door for missions by
ESA astronauts, with Thomas Reiter of Germany
For further information please contact:
ESA Media Relations Division
Paris (France)
Tel: +33 1 5369 7155
Fax: +33 1 5369 7690
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
ESA awaits Space Shuttle's return to flight
The US Space Shuttle is poised to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center as
of 13 July on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The
success of that mission will give new momentum to the ISS, as future Shuttle
missions will be transporting large modules from ESA, the Columbus
laboratory, Japan and the US into orbit to continue the Space Station's
construction. Eleven European countries, represented by ESA, together with
the US, Russia, Japan and Canada are building the ISS.ESA's Columbus and its
sophisticated experiment facilities will allow crews of astronauts to
conduct research and development in microgravity in material sciences,
medicine, biology and technology, many eventually leading to benefits for
everyday life on Earth. The work on board will be controlled from a mission
control centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich in Germany.The
return-to-flight of the Space Shuttle also opens the door for missions by
ESA astronauts, with Thomas Reiter of Germany
For further information please contact:
ESA Media Relations Division
Paris (France)
Tel: +33 1 5369 7155
Fax: +33 1 5369 7690
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info