In the Footsteps of Columbus European Missions to the International
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 micr
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Footsteps of Columbus
European Missions to the International Space Station John O’Sullivan
In the Footsteps of Columbus European Missions to the International Space Station
John O’Sullivan
In the Footsteps of Columbus European Missions to the International Space Station
John O’Sullivan County Cork Ireland
SPRINGER-PRAXIS BOOKS IN SPACE EXPLORATION
Springer Praxis Books ISBN 978-3-319-27560-4 ISBN 978-3-319-27562-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27562-8
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To Mary and Lily
Contents
Foreword .................................................................................................................... viii Preface ........................................................................................................................ xi Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... xv About the author ....................................................................................................... xvi Acronyms ................................................................................................................... xvii Part 1: Background 1 2
Before ISS .......................................................................................................... Spacecraft ..........................................................................................................
2 11
Part 2: Missions 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
STS-100 .............................................................................................................. Andromède ................................................................
