ISS Update
Format 16:9
For Europe 2008 was not only the most intense year in Human Spaceflight and ISS operations but also the most successful. The European Columbus laboratory was attached to the ISS and the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle completed its mission to the Space Station achieving some remarkable firsts for European Human Spaceflight. This video gives an overview of the additions made to the ISS in 2008 and early 2009, with a focus on ESA contributions. It also looks at how Europes role onboard the ISS will progress over the coming months, that will see the first European commanding the ISS.
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under : http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS63639.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under : http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/issupdate_09_tv_05-04-09_wmplow.wmv
More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html

International Space Station Update
May 2009
A-Roll
10:00:35 (GVs ext. and int. the ISS in orbit)
After more than ten years in orbit, the International Space Station, or ISS, is nearing completion. Several major components were added last year, giving the station the spatial and functional capability to house a larger crew than ever before.
10:00:59 (GVs launch and docking of the Columbus laboratory)
Europeís biggest single contribution to the ISS, the Columbus laboratory, was launched onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in February 2008. This seven metre cylindrical module provides a facility in which to carry out experiments in many different fields including life sciences, fluid physics and materials science.
A day after its attachment to the Unity node - which was itself developed and built within Europe - the hatches were opened and crew members began commissioning the laboratory.
Amongst these crew members were ESA astronauts Leopold Eyharts and Hans Schlegel. Eyharts remained onboard the space station fo