Columbus laboratory
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[edit] 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 it's payload canister into Atlantis
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
