"With the docking of Columbus, Europe got its own (apartment) in the ISS building; with the launch of the first ATV, we now have our own delivery truck" says Daniel Sacotte, ESA's Director for Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration. "We have become co-owners of the ISS, now we are about to become fully- fledged partners in running it." The European Columbus laboratory was officially attached to the right side of the Harmony module of the ISS on February 11; the Jules Verne ATV (automated transfer vehicle) re-supply ship was launched on March 9 and was scheduled to dock with the ISS for the first time on April 3.