Spacelab in Bay of Shuttle. Taken by a camera fixed behind the nose of the Shuttle Columbia. Spacelab was a modular laboratory that fitted into the cargo bay of the Shuttle, and was used on numerous Shuttle missions between 1983 and 1997. It was designed and built by ESA (European Space Agency) (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.