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A very significant effort has been conducted in the 2007 to adequately prepare the off-site support to be provided by Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) to the Columbus Mission Stage 1.E. for Thermal Control aspects. The tasks have been conducted in the frame of the Engineering Support Team (EST) Off-Site responsibilities in response to the requests and in strict cooperation with the On-Site Support Team. The activities have considered all the constituents of the Thermal Control System (TCS) of Columbus including the Payloads to be utilized during the Stage 1.E and have covered the different stage phases since the Launch-to-Activation phase up to the Payloads activation and operation ones. A large slice of activities have concerned the simulation of the Active Thermal Control Subsystem (ATCS) and Passive Thermal Control Subsystem (PTCS) operations and resources to the equipment and Payloads in nominal, off-nominal and emergency conditions.