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Columbus external experiments installed during spacewalk


SOLAR and EuTEF are circled
 
SOLAR and EuTEF are circled

SOLAR External Payload Facility in March 2007
 
SOLAR External Payload Facility has three complementary instruments: SOVIM (SOlar Variable and Irradiance Monitor) covers the near-ultraviolet, visible and thermal regions of the spectrum, SOL-ACES (SOLar Auto-Calibrating Extreme UV/UV Spectrophotometers) measures the extreme ultraviolet, and SOLSPEC (SOLar SPECtral Irradiance measurements) covers the 180–3000 nm large wavelength range.

External Facilities: European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTE
 
External Facilities: European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF).



Release date: 20 February 2008