Columbus Module Brings Europe Into ISS

Credit: ESA CONCEPT
German astronaut Hans Schlegel and France's Leopold Eyharts hope to begin activating the Columbus laboratory module on the International Space Station before the end of the year, bolting the Italian-built facility onto a pressurized node from the same Turin factory and starting to plug in its...

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