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Columbus in the Atlantis payload bay during the STS-122 Mission
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Columbus in the Atlantis payload bay during the STS-122 Mission

NASA / JSC · 2008-02-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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S122-E-006273 (8 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped against a cloud-covered portion of Earth, the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and associated ESA hardware sit in the aft section of Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay on the eve of the shuttle's scheduled docking to the International Space Station. The addition of Columbus to the orbital outpost is one of the primary tasks of the STS-122 mission.

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Credit lineColumbus in the Atlantis payload bay during the STS-122 Mission. NASA/JSC, 2008-02-08. Public domain. ID: s122e006273.
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