AbstractThe Columbus programme includes Europe's contribution to the international Space Station. The status of the present activities is described in this paper. It includes a brief description of the candidate hardware elements - attached pressurised module, man-tended free-flyer, and polar platform. Also, an enhanced version of the baseline Eureca which is being considered as an Earth-based co-orbiter is described. Attendant programmatic data are discussed using Europe's long-term aim of eventual autonomy as a back-cloth.The role of the potential users of Space Station elements is stressed in the paper and plans for ensuring good use of the new capabilities available are presented.


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    Title :

    Columbus, present programme status


    Contributors:
    Engström, F. (author) / Altmann, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 15 , 9 ; 601-614


    Publication date :

    1987-01-01


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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