Thursday, May 25, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL, United States (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's research laboratory, named Columbus, is to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 30.
NASA scientists would then prepare the lab for release to the International Space Station on a future space shuttle mission.
Columbus -- to be flown to Kennedy from its manufacturer in Germany -- is designed to get bigger the research facilities of the station and give scientists with the skill to conduct numerous experiments in the area of life, physical and materials sciences.
NASA will officially welcome Columbus during a June 2 ceremony to be attended by William Gerstenmaier, NASA join together administrator for Space Operations' Alan Thirkettle, the European Space Agency’s International Space Station agenda manager; Jim Kennedy, director of the Kennedy Space Center; and Russell Romanella, director of ISS payloads processing.
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