Operating the European Drawer Rack on the ISS.
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The Erasmus User Centre, located at ESTEC in Noordwijk, will have overall responsibility for the preparation and execution of operations for the European Drawer Rack (EDR) facility in the European Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Together with the national User Support and Operations Centres (USOCs) involved in the operation of experiments on the ISS, it will form the network conducting the decentralised payload operations baselined for the European elements of the ISS.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- ESA bulletin. Bulletin ASE. European Space Agency
دوره 110 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002