{"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\/sl\/the_21st_century_columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolumb 21. stoletja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Leta 1492 je majhna flota ladij pod vodstvom genovskega pomor\u0161\u010daka Kri\u0161tofa Kolumba odkrila Ameriko. Danes, ve\u010d kot 500 let kasneje, se bo drugi Kolumb \u2013 poimenovan v njegovo \u010dast \u2013 podal na novo raziskovalno misijo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u010ce bo vse potekalo po na\u010drtu, bo raketoplan Atlantis 7. februarja 2008 iz Floride poletel z laboratorijem Columbus Evropske vesoljske agencije. Dva dni kasneje bo laboratorij dostavljen na Mednarodno vesoljsko postajo (ISS), kjer bo pripravljen za namestitev na vozli\u0161\u010de Harmony na sprednjem delu postaje.<\/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>Kon\u010dno zaprtje lopute laboratorija \u00bbColumbus\u00ab v objektu NASA za pripravo vesoljske postaje<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Modul \u00bbColumbus\u00ab iz 21. stoletja je eden najpomembnej\u0161ih evropskih prispevkov k Mednarodni vesoljski postaji (ISS). Ta aluminijasti valj, ki tehta skoraj 13 ton, je dolg pribli\u017eno 6,8 metra in \u0161irok 4,5 metra \u2013 kar je pribli\u017eno toliko, kolikor meri londonski avtobus. V modulu bo lahko ve\u010d astronavtov iz ESA in drugih vesoljskih agencij delalo skupaj v razmerah, ki omogo\u010dajo delo v kratkih rokavih.<\/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>Notranjost ladje Columbus je pripravljena na zaklju\u010dek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ve\u010dnamenski znanstveni laboratorij bo namenjen izvajanju poskusov na \u0161tevilnih razli\u010dnih podro\u010djih. Ob stenah in \u201cstropu\u201d cilindri\u010dnega modula bo name\u0161\u010denih 10 znanstvenih stojal, od katerih bo vsako veliko pribli\u017eno toliko kot telefonska kabina. (Ne pozabite, da v vesolju ni \u201czgoraj\u201d ali \u201cspodaj\u201d.) Ti stojniki bodo namenjeni raziskovanju obna\u0161anja teko\u010din, razli\u010dnih \u017eivih organizmov (vklju\u010dno s \u010dlovekom) in materialov v brezte\u017enosti.<\/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>Columbus se stehta, preden ga prenesejo v kontejner za tovor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zunaj satelita Columbus so \u0161tiri platforme, na katerih je mogo\u010de namestiti druge eksperimente in jih izpostaviti neugodnim vesoljskim razmeram. Ni dvoma, da bi bil Kri\u0161tof Kolumb navdu\u0161en, \u010de bi izvedel za ta tehnolo\u0161ki \u010dude\u017e, ki nosi njegovo ime!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1492, a small fleet of ships led by the Genoese navigator, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas. Now, over 500 years later, a second Columbus \u2013 named in his honour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"esa_banner_image":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2007\/10\/interior_view_of_the_european_columbus_laboratory5\/18249584-2-eng-GB\/Interior_view_of_the_European_Columbus_laboratory.jpg","esa_banner_description":"Interior view of the European Columbus laboratory","esa_banner_credit":"ESA - S. 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