Science in space

A space laboratory costing billions of dollars is being fixed to the International Space Station (ISS).

Astronauts Stan Love and Rex Walheim attached the lab, which is called Columbus to the main structure of the ISS during an eight-hour spacewalk. A later spacewalk was made to get Columbus up and running. The lab could help scientists make breakthroughs in medical

The job took longer than expected, but the commander, Stephen Frick, was really pleased saying the astronauts had done a great job.

The Columbus lab was made in Europe and is an important part of a project to get Europe more involved in the international space programme.

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