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The European Columbus laboratory installed
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A view of the European Columbus laboratory installed in its new home on the International Space Station. Columbus was launched with Space Shuttle Atlantis on 7 February 2008. The new module was installed on the starboard side of the Harmony module during a spacewalk on 11 February 2008.

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ESA Mission Director R. Ewald at Columbus Control Centre Col-CC
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ESA Mission Director R. Ewald

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Columbus Control Centre
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Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Under the call sign 'Munich', the Columbus Control Centre will, from 2007, be responsible for systems on board the orbiting Columbus laboratory and for European science activities on board the ISS. The centre is already building operational expertise during ESA's Astrolab Mission.

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ESA Flight Directors at Col-CC
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ESA Flight Directors work alongside DLR and industrial team mission controllers

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  Columbus platform and payload
 
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Cut-away view of the Columbus Laboratory
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