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In the Footsteps of Columbus European Missions to the International Space Station /

The European Space Agency has a long history of cooperating with NASA in human spaceflight, having developed the Spacelab module for carrying in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle. This book tells of the development of ESA’s Columbus microgravity science laboratory of the International Space Stati...

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Main Author: O'Sullivan, John. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Space Exploration
Subjects:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Space sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Popular Science in Astronomy.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27562-8
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • European Space Agency
  • International Space Station
  • Space Shuttle
  • Soyuz
  • Astronauts
  • Umberto Guidoni
  • Claudie Hagniere
  • Roberto Vittorio
  • Phillipe Perrin
  • Frank De Winne
  • Pedro Duque
  • Andre Kuipers
  • Thomas Reiter
  • Christer Fuglesang
  • Paulo Nespoli
  • Hans Schlegel
  • Leopold Eyharts
  • Missions
  • STS-100
  • Andromede
  • Marco Polo
  • STS-111
  • Odissea
  • Cervantes
  • DELTA
  • Eneide
  • Astrolab / Expedition
  • Celsius
  • Esperia
  • Columbus
  • Columbus / Expedition
  • Oasiss / Expedition 20/21
  • Alisse
  • Magisstra / Expedition 26/27
  • DAMA
  • Promisse / Expedition 30/31
  • Conclusion.

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