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Preparing the European Columbus laboratory - new images


Eyharts and Schlegel with Columbus in SSPF
 
ESA astronauts Leopold Eyharts and Hans Schlegel with the European Columbus laboratory in the SSPF at KSC, Florida
 
10 October 2007
 
The European Columbus laboratory is in the final stages of preparation for launch to the International Space Station at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
 
Columbus is scheduled for launch on board Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122 in December. Members of the STS-122 crew, including ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts, recently visited the SSPF to inspect the European Columbus laboratory.

These new images have been released on the occasion of the Columbus Media Day at Kennedy Space Center - click on an image to access the long caption and hi-res version.

More views of the Columbus laboratory are linked from the right menu under 'More Columbus images' - other views are available in the ESA Multimedia Gallery: http://www.esa.int/mmg
  
 
Exterior view Columbus laboratory
 
Exterior view of the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
Interior view Columbus laboratory
 
Interior view of the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
Interior view Columbus laboratory
 
Interior view of the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
Schlegel inspects interior Columbus
 
ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel inspects a payload rack inside the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
Eyharts inspects interior Columbus
 
ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts inspects the interior of the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
Eyharts inspects exterior Columbus
 
ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts inspects the outside of the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 
STS-122 crewmembers and team with Columbus
 
STS-122 astronauts and support team with the European Columbus laboratory
 
 
 

Related articles

 •  Columbus laboratory (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAAYI0VMOC_index_0.html)
 •  ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts assigned to European Columbus laboratory mission to the ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM4F8O2UXE_index_0.html)
 •  ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel assigned to European Columbus laboratory mission to the ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM8VDBUQPE_index_0.html)
 •  Significant milestone for Columbus flight readiness (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMMDORMTWE_index_0.html)

Related links

 •  Columbus factsheet (pdf) (http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/users/downloads/factsheets/fs002_11_colum.pdf)
 •  International Space Station (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html)
 •  Human Spaceflight and Exploration (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/index.html)
 •  NASA Kennedy Space Center (http://www.ksc.nasa.gov)

Columbus images

 •  More Columbus images (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMU5CV7D7F_index_0.html)