Il Laboratorio Columbus è pronto per la Florida!!

Missioni con equipaggio concluse Space Shuttle
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E ora il nostro Columbus è in arrivo in Florida.
Ecco il comunicato NASA:

May 5, 2006

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-082

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE TO ARRIVE IN FLORIDA THIS MONTH

Columbus is embarking on a new journey to the United States. The
European Space Agency’s Columbus module, a laboratory facility
destined for the International Space Station, is set to arrive at
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., from Bremen, Germany on May 30.

NASA will welcome Columbus during a ceremony Friday, June 2, at 10
a.m. EDT at Kennedy’s Space Station Processing Facility. Media are
invited. Video highlights will air on the NASA TV Video File on the
Media Channel on the afternoon of June 2.

The Columbus module is the European Space Agency’s primary
contribution to the International Space Station. The module will be
used to support a variety of life, physical and materials science
experiments. At Kennedy, it will be processed for launch on a future
space shuttle mission.

Media without Kennedy credentials can apply for accreditation via the
online media accreditation Web site. International media must apply
for accreditation by close of business May 15 at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

For information on the International Space Station, visit:

NASA TV’s Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they’re on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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La NASA si prepara per l’arrivo di Columbus…

May 24, 2006

Joe Pally
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-7239

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-092

NASA SET TO WELCOME EUROPEAN SPACE STATION COMPONENT

The European Space Agency’s research laboratory, designated Columbus,
will arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30.
There it will be prepared for delivery to the International Space
Station on a future space shuttle mission. NASA will hold a series of
media events from May 31 to June 2 in conjunction with the lab’s
arrival.

Columbus is being flown to Kennedy from its manufacturer in Germany.
Columbus will expand the research facilities of the station and
provide researchers with the ability to conduct numerous experiments
in the area of life, physical and materials sciences.
Media activities for the lab’s arrival include the following (all
times are EDT):

May 31: Photo opportunity from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Shuttle
Landing Facility, featuring the opening of the aircraft and the
offloading of Columbus.

June 1: Photo opportunity from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the Space Station
Processing Facility, featuring Columbus being lifted into the cargo
element work stand.

Media interested in attending the photo opportunities should contact
Tracy Young at (321) 867-2468.

June 2: NASA will welcome Columbus during a ceremony at 10 a.m. at the
Space Station Processing Facility. The ceremony participants are:

– William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space
Operations
– Alan Thirkettle, International Space Station program manager,
European Space Agency
– Jim Kennedy, director, Kennedy Space Center
– Russell Romanella, director, International Space Station and
Payloads Processing

Permanently badged media planning to attend the June 2 ceremony must
arrive at Kennedy’s press site by 9 a.m. for transportation to the
processing facility. U.S. media without Kennedy credentials can apply
for accreditation via the online media accreditation Web site at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Accreditation for foreign news media is closed.

The photo opportunities and arrival ceremony will occur in operational
areas. Everyone in attendance will be required to wear long pants and
flat, closed shoes. Sleeveless shirts are not allowed.

Video highlights of the Columbus arrival activities will air on the
NASA TV Video File segment on the Media Channel the afternoon of June
2.

NASA TV’s Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they are on AMC-7 at 237 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information, visit:

For further information on Columbus and the International Space
Station, visit:

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