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Let $F({ℝ}^n,k)$ denote the configuration space of pairwise-disjoint $k$-tuples of points in ${ℝ}^n$. In this short note the author describes a cellular structure for $F({ℝ}^n,k)$ when $n\ge 3$. From results in [ and , The homology of iterated loop spaces, Lect. Notes Math. 533 (1976; Zbl 0334.55009)], the integral (co)homology of $F({ℝ}^n,k)$ is well-understood. This allows an identification of the location of the cells of $F({ℝ}^n,k)$ in a minimal cell decomposition. Somewhat more detail is provided by the main result here, in which the attaching maps...