The insides of the ISS are filled with wires, cameras and pumps. This is a common thing for astronauts. But this picture shows the Columbus laboratory, which was captured in the early days of assembly.
The laboratory has become a contribution from Europe, and allows the station staff to work in a convenient and safe environment. This year marks 10 years since its operation.
Columbus began building in Turin (Italy). By September 2001, they completed the construction, the installation of thermal management, life support equipment, plumbing and external protection. Then the module was handed over to the general contractor in Bremen (Germany). They completed the assembly and delivered to the US for testing.
Columbus is the smallest laboratory module at the station, but it manages to provide the same amount of payload, power, data retrieval, vacuum and ventilation services.
The laboratory maintained difficult conditions in the search for life, the physical and space sciences, the observation of the Earth and the demonstration of weightlessness.
