The Columbus mission: Leaving the ISS

Das europäische Weltraumlabor Columbus ist Teil der Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Nach dem Abkopplungsmanöver am 18. Februar 2008 haben die Astronauten der Raumfähre Atlantis beim so genannten Flyaround die ISS mit dem neu montierten Columbus-Labor fotografiert.

The European space laboratory Columbus is part of the ISS	ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel at the Space Shuttle window	NASA astronaut Rex Walheim with the ISS in the background
European “high tech drum” successfully attached to the ISS	View of the Columbus laboratory from the Space Shuttle Atlantis	Space Station ISS after the installation of the Columbus space laboratory
The ISS in February 2008, with Earth in the background	The Columbus space laboratory after its installation in February 2008	The ISS and the Columbus laboratory, backdropped against the unlit Earth
After twelve days in space: Space Shuttle Atlantis lands	The crew and the shuttle are tended to	Photo op after the landing