The Columbus Laboratory

This image gallery shows the Columbus Laboratory from transportation in the Beluga Airbus to its destination in the NASA Integration Hall at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

The Columbus laboratory is loaded into a Beluga aircraft at Bremen Airport, Germany	Columbus is moved under escort past the Vehicle Assembly Building	An overhead crane is lowered onto the Columbus module to lift it out of its transportation canister
The Columbus Laboratory module moves across the facility to the waiting payload canister	Technicians inside the payload canister monitor movement of the Columbus Laboratory module	The Columbus Laboratory at NASA`s Kennedy Space Center
Exterior view of the European Columbus laboratory	ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts inspects the interior of the European Columbus laboratory	ESA astronauts Leopold Eyharts (left) and Hans Schlegel (right) with the European Columbus laboratory
STS-122 astronauts (kneeling) and support team with the European Columbus laboratory	The European-built Columbus laboratory is moved into the payload bay of space shuttle Atlantis	The Columbus laboratory, artist impression
Inside of Columbus-Moduls, artist impression	Staff at the Columbus Control Center	View of the Columbus Control Center