page_title: Columbus (ISS module)
hierarchical_section_title: Columbus (ISS module)
caption_attribution_description: English: Fly-around view of the International Space Station (ISS) from STS-127 crew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Backaway view of the forward (FWD) side of the European Columbus Module. Image ID: s127e009781
context_page_description: Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency.
  Like the Harmony and Tranquility modules, the Columbus laboratory was constructed in Turin, Italy by Thales Alenia Space. The functional equipment and software of the lab was designed by EADS in Bremen, Germany. It was also integrated in Bremen before being flown to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in an Airbus Beluga. It was launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on February 7, 2008 on flight STS-122. It is designed for ten years of operation. The module is controlled by the Columbus Control Centre, located at the German Space Operations Centre, part of the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany.
  The European Space Agency has spent €1.4 billion on building Columbus, including the experiments it carries and the ground control infrastructure necessary to operate them.
context_section_description: Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station (ISS) and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency (ESA).
  Like the Harmony and Tranquility modules, the Columbus laboratory was constructed in Turin, Italy by Thales Alenia Space. The functional equipment and software of the lab was designed by EADS in Bremen, Germany. It was also integrated in Bremen before being flown to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida in an Airbus Beluga. It was launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on February 7, 2008 on flight STS-122. It is designed for ten years of operation.  The module is controlled by the Columbus Control Centre, located at the German Space Operations Centre, part of the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany.
  The European Space Agency has spent €1.4 billion (about US$2 billion) on building Columbus, including the experiments it carries and the ground control infrastructure necessary to operate them.
caption: The Columbus Module on the International Space Station
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