Laboratory Science with Space Data Accessing and Using Space-Experim
For decades experiments conducted on space stations like MIR and the ISS have been gathering data in many fields of research in the natural sciences, medicine and engineering. The European Union-sponsored ULISSE project focused on exploring the wealth of
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Daniel Beysens Luigi Carotenuto Jack J.W.A. van Loon Martin Zell l
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Laboratory Science with Space Data Accessing and Using Space-Experiment Data
Editors Daniel Beysens CEA-Grenoble and ESPCI-ParisTech rue Vauquelin 10 75005 Paris France [email protected] Jack J.W.A. van Loon DESC @ OCB-ACTA University of Amsterdam and VU-University Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004 1081 LA Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
Luigi Carotenuto Telespazio s.p.a. Via E. Gianturco 31 80146 Naples Italy [email protected] Martin Zell ESA/ESTEC Keplerlaan 1 2200 AG Noordwijk Netherlands [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-21143-0 e-ISBN 978-3-642-21144-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-21144-7 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011935345 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword by Giuseppe Reibaldi
Space exploration was initiated only 50 years ago but it has already given mankind a different perspective on the way we look at the universe and at our position within it. Human spaceflight is the pinnacle of space exploration, and the International Space Station (ISS), with its global international participation and its outstanding achievements, tangibly demonstrates what can be accomplished. The ISS Programme is the most complex space project ever undertaken, with 15 countries involved. Its construction began in 1998 and was completed in 2010, with a total mass of about 400 metric tons and the size of a football field. The European Space Agency (ESA) joined the ISS programme in 1995, with several projects; among those, the most important contribution is the Columbus Laboratory, a multi-user research outpost orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 400 km, with a speed of 28,000 km/h, in a permanent state of low gravity. The Columbus Laboratory, attached to the ISS since 2008, is outfitted with a variety of multi-user scientific equipment to conduct investigations in different fields, from human physiology to biology, materials science, fundamental physics and others. Columbus is planned to be in operation until at least 2020.
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