After 25 years, European space lab ready to go

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: December 2, 2007| Author: Marcia Dunn Associated Press | Copyright information

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It took less time for Christopher Columbus to drum up the money and set sail for the New World than it has for the Columbus space lab to get off the ground.

This week, after 25 years in the making, Europe's treasured space laboratory will be launched on a flight to the international space station.

Scientists and engineers throughout Europe have been waiting for this moment since development of the $2 billion lab began in 1982. The lab is set to go up Thurs...

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