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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
 
 
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