Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer
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title:
Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer
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The Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer (MTFF) was a European Space Agency (ESA) program to develop a space station that could be used for a variety of microgravity experiments while serving ESA's needs for an autonomous crewed space platform. It consisted of a Columbus module docked to a service module containing solar power collectors, communications and other services. The program ran from 1986 to 1991, was expected to cost $3.56 billion including launch and utilization, and was cancelled while st
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Defunct crewed space station program
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Man-Tended_Free_Flyer
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2024-04-02T23:46:06Z
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