<![CDATA[io9: Columbus]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Columbus]]> http://io9.com/tag/columbus http://io9.com/tag/columbus <![CDATA[Sinking Ships, Exploding Airships, and Collapsing Bridges: The Dumbest Engineering Disasters]]> Human ingenuity, our ceaseless drive to invent, create, and build, is one of our species's greatest strengths. But sometimes people just don't know what the hell they're doing. Here are the most ridiculous engineering disasters in human history. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5700441&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's Science In A Can, At The Space Station]]> Doesn't the Columbus space lab look cozy? Here it is in the clean room of the EADS Space Transportation complex in Bremen, Germany, getting ready to be blasted up to the International Space Station. And click through for a blazing shot of the Russian Soyuz-U rocket blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday, carrying supplies to the ISS. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=353530&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Accidental Space Station Art]]> Fragile little guys in their gym clothes dangle just above the curve of the Earth in this computer illustration of the Columbus laboratory module. Space Shuttle Atlantis will install this module on the International Space Station soon after tomorrow's launch. Image by ESA/AP. More »
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