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- 20 November 2009
Nominal operation of SOLAR
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15 February 2008
EVA3 on going!
The SOLAR transfer.
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7 February 2008
Liftoff!
Europe’s Columbus laboratory leaves Earth
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11 January 2008
Launch scheduled on 7 February
NASA Targets Feb. 7 for Launch
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4 January 2008
No earlier than 24 January
Columbus launch no earlier than 24 January
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13 December 2007
Launch rescheduled
NASA postpones launch of Atlantis to January 10
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7 December 2007
Launch postponed
NASA managers to discuss Atlantis launch
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30 November 2007
Launch scheduled on 6 December
European Columbus space laboratory set to reach IS
Liftoff!
Europe’s Columbus laboratory leaves Earth
7 February 2008 - Columbus, ESA’s advanced science laboratory in space, has just been launched into orbit and is now on its way to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).Columbus was onboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis when it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 20:45 CET today. For this one-way trip to Earth orbit, Columbus is in the expert hands of a crew of seven astronauts, including two members of the European astronaut corps: Léopold Eyharts of France and Hans Schlegel of Germany. Read more...
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja 2008