Columbus laboratory

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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.

[edit] Before launch

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

[edit] Berthing

Columbus laboratory in Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay

Columbus is moved from its stowage position to the starboard side of the Harmony module

The berthing occurred on February 7, 2008

[edit] Views from the outside

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