[sarex] Columbus

Columbus -------- ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts of France has today been assigned to fly onboard the International Space Station for the delivery and commissioning of the European Columbus laboratory currently planned for this autumn.

Read more: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM4F8O2UXE_index_0.html

Also online, an interview - Leopold Eyharts, the man who will bring Columbus to life: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMFG9O2UXE_astronauts_0.html

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