{"id":1095,"date":"2007-12-10T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/the_21st_century_columbus\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:57","slug":"the_21st_century_columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/the_21st_century_columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"O Colombo do s\u00e9culo XXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Em 1492, uma pequena frota de navios liderada pelo navegador genov\u00eas Crist\u00f3v\u00e3o Colombo descobriu as Am\u00e9ricas. Agora, mais de 500 anos depois, um segundo Colombo \u2014 batizado em sua honra \u2014 prepara-se para embarcar numa nova miss\u00e3o de explora\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Se tudo correr conforme o planeado, o vaiv\u00e9m espacial Atlantis ir\u00e1 descolar da Fl\u00f3rida a 7 de fevereiro de 2008 com o laborat\u00f3rio Columbus da Ag\u00eancia Espacial Europeia. Dois dias depois, o laborat\u00f3rio ser\u00e1 entregue \u00e0 Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Espacial Internacional (ISS), pronto para ser instalado no n\u00f3 Harmony, na parte dianteira da Esta\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2325\" data-credit=\"ESA - S. Corvaja 2007\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2007\/10\/Columbus_laboratory_final_hatch_closure_in_NASA_s_Space_Station_Processing_Facility9\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2007\/10\/columbus_laboratory_final_hatch_closure_in_nasa_s_space_station_processing_facility9\/17913221-2-eng-GB\/Columbus_laboratory_final_hatch_closure_in_NASA_s_Space_Station_Processing_Facility.jpg\" alt=\"Columbus laboratory final hatch closure in NASA&#x27;s Space Station Processing Facility\"><figcaption>Fechamento definitivo da escotilha do laborat\u00f3rio Columbus nas instala\u00e7\u00f5es de processamento da Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Espacial da NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>O \u00abColumbus\u00bb do s\u00e9culo XXI \u00e9 uma das contribui\u00e7\u00f5es europeias mais importantes para a ISS. Com um peso de quase 13 toneladas, este cilindro de alum\u00ednio tem cerca de 6,8 metros de comprimento e 4,5 metros de largura \u2014 aproximadamente o tamanho de um autocarro londrino. V\u00e1rios astronautas da ESA e de outras ag\u00eancias espaciais poder\u00e3o trabalhar lado a lado, em condi\u00e7\u00f5es de trabalho confort\u00e1veis, no interior do m\u00f3dulo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1280\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2007\/10\/Columbus_interior_is_ready_for_the_close-out2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2007\/10\/columbus_interior_is_ready_for_the_close-out2\/17904269-2-eng-GB\/Columbus_interior_is_ready_for_the_close-out.jpg\" alt=\"Columbus interior is ready for the close-out\"><figcaption>O interior de Columbus est\u00e1 pronto para o encerramento<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>O laborat\u00f3rio cient\u00edfico polivalente ser\u00e1 utilizado para realizar experi\u00eancias em diversos campos. Ao longo das paredes e do \u201cteto\u201d do m\u00f3dulo cil\u00edndrico, haver\u00e1 10 plataformas cient\u00edficas, cada uma com aproximadamente o tamanho de uma cabina telef\u00f3nica. (Lembre-se de que n\u00e3o existe \u201ccima\u201d nem \u201cbaixo\u201d no espa\u00e7o.) Estas plataformas ser\u00e3o utilizadas para a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o do comportamento de fluidos, de v\u00e1rios organismos vivos (incluindo seres humanos) e de materiais em gravidade zero.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2008\" data-credit=\"NASA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2007\/11\/Columbus_is_weighed_before_being_transferred_to_the_payload_canister2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2007\/11\/columbus_is_weighed_before_being_transferred_to_the_payload_canister2\/17874778-2-eng-GB\/Columbus_is_weighed_before_being_transferred_to_the_payload_canister.jpg\" alt=\"Columbus is weighed before being transferred to the payload canister\"><figcaption>O Columbus \u00e9 pesado antes de ser transferido para o contentor de carga \u00fatil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No exterior do Columbus existem quatro plataformas onde podem ser montadas outras experi\u00eancias e expostas ao ambiente hostil do espa\u00e7o. N\u00e3o h\u00e1 d\u00favida de que Crist\u00f3v\u00e3o Colombo ficaria maravilhado ao saber desta maravilha tecnol\u00f3gica que leva o seu nome!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1492, a small fleet of ships led by the Genoese navigator, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas. 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