The Columbus mission - Launch and arrival at the ISS

On 7 February 2008, Shuttle Atlantis was launched and brought the European Space Laboratory Columbus to the ISS. You can find images from the first part of the mission in this gallery.

ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel en route to the launch pad	The Atlantis Crew shortly before the launch	ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts
Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on 7 February 2008	Atlantis and Columbus en route to the ISS	Space laboratory Columbus in the shuttle's loading bay
German astronaut Hans Schlegel on board the ISS	Space laboratory Columbus in the Atlantis loading bay	Mission specialist Hans Schlegel during preparations on board the ISS
The STS-122 crew and the resident ISS crew	Atlantis Commander Steve Frick	Peggy Whitson, Stanley Love and Rex Walheim on the ISS