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Crews Speak With German Chancellor About New Lab
Image above: Shuttle and station crew members speak to German Chancellor Angela Merkel from inside the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory. Photo credit: NASA TV
As space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station sail above Earth today, the crews are enjoying some off-duty time after Wednesday’s busy spacewalk.
Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, talked to shuttle and station astronauts today congratulating them on the successful installation of Columbus, the station’s newest laboratory from Europe. Hans Schlegel, a German astronaut with the European Space Agency, helped activate Columbus and participated in today’s conference.
The astronauts also will prepare for Friday’s spacewalk, slated to begin at 8:35 a.m. Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Stanley Love will spend tonight in the station’s Quest airlock. The purpose of this “camp out” is to purge the nitrogen from their bodies before they exit the station.
On this third and final STS-122 excursion, Walheim and Love will install two payloads on Columbus’ exterior: SOLAR, an observatory to monitor the sun; and the European Technology Exposure Facility that will carry nine experiments requiring exposure to the space environment.
Image above: Shuttle and station crew members speak to German Chancellor Angela Merkel from inside the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory. Photo credit: NASA TV
As space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station sail above Earth today, the crews are enjoying some off-duty time after Wednesday’s busy spacewalk.
Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, talked to shuttle and station astronauts today congratulating them on the successful installation of Columbus, the station’s newest laboratory from Europe. Hans Schlegel, a German astronaut with the European Space Agency, helped activate Columbus and participated in today’s conference.
The astronauts also will prepare for Friday’s spacewalk, slated to begin at 8:35 a.m. Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Stanley Love will spend tonight in the station’s Quest airlock. The purpose of this “camp out” is to purge the nitrogen from their bodies before they exit the station.
On this third and final STS-122 excursion, Walheim and Love will install two payloads on Columbus’ exterior: SOLAR, an observatory to monitor the sun; and the European Technology Exposure Facility that will carry nine experiments requiring exposure to the space environment.
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