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Missions

Columbus

  • Initial Flight Data Launch date: 2008-02-07International Designator:
    2008-005A

Abbreviated description
The Columbus laboratory is 6.8 m long and has a diameter of 4.5 m. It was connected to the Harmony module of the ISS. Columbus was outfitted with five internal payload racks at launch of which the Biolab supports experiments on micro-organisms, cells and tissue cultures, and even small plants and small insects. Moog Bradford developed and built the Biological Glove Box used in the Biolab rack. The crew did three spacewalks to install and checkout the connections. They also installed on Columbus a European solar monitor named SOLAR, and the European Technology Exposure Facility.

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Products
[6] SPOE-Avionics Air Assembly
[1] European Drawer Rack
[1] Biological Glovebox
[1] Portable Glovebox
[10] Water Flow Selection Valve
[10] Water On/Off Valve