International Microgravity Laboratory / Thales / ASI / ESA / Microgravity Science Laboratory / Europe Technological Challenges Partners / DLR / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Germany / French Guiana / Belgium / Japan / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
FDA Phase / Name Change / Business Partnership / Company Expansion / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Space Transportation System / Columbus laboratory / Space Station / International Space Station / Russia’s Mir space station / Freedom space station / Europe’s Columbus laboratory / Japanese Kibo laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
crew transportation services / retrievable carrier / life support systems / cardiovascular and endocrine systems / space-based laboratory equipment / crew transportation / metal alloys / technology experiments / containerless processing / /
MusicGroup
Earth / Spacelab / /
OperatingSystem
Cygnus / /
Organization
DE BE / European Space Research Organisation / Spacelab-1 mission / second Shuttle mission / NASA’s Johnson Space Center / STS-129 mission / ISS During / Station / ESA’s ATV / first Spacelab mission / CNES / US Department of Defense / FR BE / ESA’s Ministerial Council / Shuttle mission / International Space Station / European Launcher Development Organisation / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / European Astronaut Corps / NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service / German Aerospace Center / /
Person
Dirk Frimout / Hans Schlegel / Ernest Messerschmid / Jean-Francois Clervoy / Philippe Perrin / Maurizio Cheli Claude Nicollier / Jules Verne / Franco Malerba / Johannes Kepler / Ulf Merbold / Patrick Baudry / Tracy Caldwell-Dyson / Jean-Jacques Favier / Jean-François Clervoy / Walter Atlas / Claude Nicollier / Ulrich Walter / Reinhard Furrer / Wubbo Ockels / Christer Fuglesang / Frank De Winne / Umberto Guidoni / Galileo Jupiter / /
Position
astronaut / Specialist / Payload Specialist / spacewalking astronaut / Commander / first astronaut / ESA astronaut / first ESA astronaut / /
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