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| | | | | | | The European Columbus space laboratory set to reach ISS; follow the launch live
30 November 2007
| The Columbus laboratory is ESA's biggest contribution to the International Space Station (ISS). Delivered to ESA by EADS SPACE Transportation on 2 May 2006, this laboratory will provide internal payload accommodation for various scientific experiments. The Columbus laboratory is due to be flown on Space Shuttle Atlantis to the ISS in December 2007.
Credits: ESA - D. Ducros | |  |  | |
| | | | | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, ascends the five percent grade to the top of the hardstand on Launch Pad 39A. The rotating service structure, adjoined to the fixed service structure at right, has been rolled back in preparation for the Shuttle's arrival. Rollout is a milestone for Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station on mission STS-122, targeted for 6 December. On this mission, Atlantis will deliver the European Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. ESA's largest contribution to the Station, Columbus is a multifunctional, pressurized laboratory that will be permanently attached to U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. The laboratory will expand the research facilities on board the station, providing crew members and scientists from around the world the ability to conduct a variety of experiments in the physical, materials and life sciences.
Credits: NASA | | | | |
| | | | | European facilities to be launched inside Columbus. Front row from left: European Drawer Rack, Fluid Science Laboratory and Biolab. Back row from left: European Physiology Modules and European Transport Carrier.
Credits: ESA - D. Ducros | | | | |
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