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Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla (321) 867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-082

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE TO ARRIVE IN FLORIDA THIS MONTH

Columbus is embarking on a new journey to the United States The European Space Agency's Columbus module, a laboratory facility destined for the International Space Station, is set to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla , from Bremen, Germany, on May 30

NASA will welcome Columbus during a ceremony Friday, June 2, at 10 a m EDT at Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility Media are invited Video highlights will air on the NASA TV Video File on the Media Channel on the afternoon of June 2

The Columbus module is the European Space Agency's primary contribution to the International Space Station The module will be used to support a variety of life, physical and materials science experiments At Kennedy, it will be processed for launch on a future space shuttle mission

Media without Kennedy credentials can apply for accreditation via the online media accreditation Web site International media must apply for accreditation by close of business May 15 at:

https://media ksc nasa gov

For information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization For digital downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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