German Chancellor Merkel calls ISS

"We are proud as Germans and Europeans that we could contribute to the ISS with Columbus. Europe now has a permanent basis for research in space," highlighted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the beginning of her in-flight call with ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel and Léopold Eyharts in Berlin earlier today.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMT11VHJCF_index_0.html

Time: 14. Feb. 2008

Feed: ESA Top News

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