| |
| | ABC News: NASA considering Frenchman for space station stint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | If the plan is approved, French astronaut Leopold Eyharts would likely would get the nod to begin a series of two- to 2-1/2-month station expedition missions by astronauts from NASA's partner countries, European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel said in an interview. |
 | | Schlegel, a veteran of a 1993 space shuttle research mission, is one of six crew members assigned to a shuttle flight slated for launch in October 2007, to deliver and install Columbus, the European Space Agency's primary contribution to the International Space Station program. |
 | | Schlegel said a Japanese astronaut and then a Canadian would fly after the European, with all three mini-expeditions substituting for one, U.S.-allotted full-time, six-month station assignment. |
| abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=2547509 (353 words) |
|