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Preparing the European Columbus laboratory - more images

10 October 2007

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ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts with the European Columbus laboratory at NASA's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. Columbus is under preparation in the SSPF for launch into orbit with Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122. Eyharts will fly to the International Space Station onboard Atlantis where he will join the Expedition 16 crew.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts (left) and NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin (right) inspect the European Columbus laboratory at NASA's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. Columbus is under preparation in the SSPF for launch into orbit with Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122. Eyharts will fly to the International Space Station onboard Atlantis where he will join the Expedition 16 crew.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel inspects the European Columbus laboratory at NASA's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Columbus is under preparation in the SSPF for launch into orbit with Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122. Schlegel is a member of the STS-122 crew.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts consults documentation during an inspection of interior European Columbus laboratory at NASA's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Columbus is under preparation in the SSPF for launch into orbit with Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122. Eyharts will fly to the International Space Station onboard Atlantis where he will join the Expedition 16 crew.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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Interior view of the European Columbus laboratory during preparation for flight to the International Space Station at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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Exterior view of the European Columbus laboratory during preparation for flight to the International Space Station at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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STS-122 crewmembers and team with Columbus

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STS-122 astronauts (kneeling) and support team with the European Columbus laboratory inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Columbus is under preparation in the SSPF for launch into orbit with Space Shuttle Atlantis on flight STS-122.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

Columbus laboratory ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts assigned to European Columbus laboratory mission to the ISS ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel assigned to European Columbus laboratory mission to the ISS Significant milestone for Columbus flight readiness