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DATE: 2008-07-08T20:37+0200

Astrium Space Transportation

30.06.2008

ESA commissions Astrium with operation of ISS

Bremen - The European Space Agency ESA has transferred all activities involved in the operation and exploitation of the European share of the International Space Station ISS to Astrium as prime industrial contractor.

12.06.2008

Kourou - Skynet 5C - triple success for Astrium

07.05.2008

Fucino - Astrium switches on the first signals from space: Giove-B is “on air”

25.04.2008

ATV re-boosts ISS to a higher orbit

Toulouse - New success for Astrium

03.04.2008

Toulouse - Rendez-Vous in Space : ATV Jules Verne reaches its destination

10.03.2008

Ariane 5 ES sends the ATV on its way to the ISS: the first success of a double Astrium event

Kourou - Kourou, Sunday 9 March 2008 – At 5.03 a.m. CET, an Ariane 5 ES placed the 19.4 tonnes of the ATV Jules Verne into orbit at the very first attempt.

14.02.2008

Astrium heading European programme for International Space Station operations

Bremen - The hatch opening of Columbus marks the beginning of its operation and Europe’s use of the International Space Station. Astrium is heading an industry consortium on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Exploitation Programme. The consortium is responsible for the operation and use of the ISS.

12.02.2008

Columbus successfully docked to the International Space Station

Europe’s space laboratory Columbus is in space: it successfully docked to the ISS on Monday 11 February. The module was built by Astrium for the European Space Agency ESA.

07.02.2008

Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches Columbus into Space

Cape Canaveral - Europe’s space laboratory Columbus is in space: The US space shuttle Atlantis was successfully launched on Thursday evening (February 7th, 2007, 20.45 CET) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to carry the Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station ISS. The module – built by Astrium for the European Space Agency ESA – is scheduled to arrive at the ISS on Saturday, February 9th.

05.02.2008

Columbus: Europe's principal contribution to the International Space Station

Cap Canaveral - It enables research under zero gravity conditions

18.01.2008

Friedrichshafen - Astrium And ESA Sign Contract For Mercury Probe

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.
Le Carré · Beechavenue 130-132 · 1119 PR Schiphol Rijk · The Netherlands

EADS Deutschland GmbH · 81663 Munich · Germany
EADS France S.A.S. · 37, boulevard de Montmorency · 75781 Paris Cedex 16 · France
EADS CASA · Ava. de Aragón, 404, 28022 Madrid · Spain