Controlling Columbus
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English - October 17, 2006 10:00 - 4 minutes - 27.7 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScience Technology science ariane astronauts astronomy black hole comet earth envisat ers-2 ground station Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Activity is increasing at the Columbus Control Centre, the ground control facility for Europe's Columbus laboratory. Following the launch of Columbus to the International Space Station in 2007, a team of some 80 scientists and engineers based at the control centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, will monitor on board systems and communicate with the ISS and ground control centres in the United States, Europe and Russia. The team is currently undergoing constant training and simulations to prepare them for the task.
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