Columbus laboratory

English: The Columbus laboratory is the ESA laboratory for the International Space Station.

Deutsch: Das Raumlabor Columbus ist ein Wissenschaftslabor für die Internationale Raumstation (ISS) und der größte Beitrag der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation (ESA) an der ISS.

Before launch

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  Columbus Module loaded in a Airbus Beluga on Bremen airport
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  Airbus Beluga - unloading Columbus at KSC
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  An Airbus (A300-600ST) Beluga unloading the ESA Columbus laboratory
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  Columbus laboratory after it was unload from an Airbus Beluga
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  The Columbus laboratory will be lifted onto a truck
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  Columbus on a truck
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  Columbus inside the Space Station Processing Facility after delivering to KSC
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  The exposed facilities of Columbus
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  Columbus is lowered into the payload canister for Atlantis
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  At Launch Pad 39A, Columbus transferred from its payload canister into Atlantis

Berthing

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  Columbus laboratory in Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay
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  Columbus is moved from its stowage position to the starboard side of the Harmony module
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  The berthing occurred on February 7, 2008

Views from the outside

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  Columbus backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon
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  Columbus with astronaut Ron Garan in the background
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  Columbus with astronaut Joseph Acaba in the background
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  Close-up view of the Columbus laboratory (center right) together with Canadarm2
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  Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialist, works on the new Columbus laboratory
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  Astronaut Rex Walheim performs work on the outside of the Columbus laboratory
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  Rex Walheim outside of Columbus
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  Astronaut Stanley Love, mission specialist, works on the new Columbus laboratory's exterior
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  Astronaut John Olivas outside of Columbus
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  Astronaut Nicole Stott outside of Columbus
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  Astronaut Nicole Stott outside of Columbus
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  Astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, holds onto a handrail on the Columbus laboratory

Columbus from the inside

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  Hans Schlegel continues work aimed toward readying the new Columbus laboratory
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  STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers pose for a group photo in the Columbus laboratory