STS-122

English: STS-122 is a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched February 7, 2008.

NASA galleries for STS-122:

Crew[edit]

Crew-portrait of STS-122
Mission poster
Crew of STS-122 posing at the Shuttle training facility
STS-122 crew pauses alongside the Astrovan to wave farewell to onlookers before heading for Launch Pad 39A on February 7, 2008.

Colombus at Bremen airport
Columbus module to be launched on STS-122
The external experiments of Columbus mounted on their ICC-Lite payload rack
Columbus being lifted into the shuttle's payload canister.
ET-125 external tank being mated with SRBs
Atlantis is moved from OPF to the VAB.
Atlantis is lowered on the mobile launch platform
Atlantis is rolling out to Launch Pad 39A
Atlantis on it's way from the VAB.
Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A
At Launch Pad 39A, Columbus transferred from its payload canister into Atlantis
Atlantis on the morning of its first launch attempt
The time domain reflectometry (TDR) setup inside the Mobile Launcher Platform is prepared to be used for the tanking test.
The pin soldering of the replacement feed-through connector
The new feed-through connector

Low-Resolution NASA TV screen capture of STS-122 launch.
STS-122 launches on February 7, 2008
STS-122 Launch
Atlantis begins mission STS-122 to the International Space Station. Liftoff was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. The mission will carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station.
Launch Video

Columbus in the payloadbay of Atlantis as it approaches the International Space Station
The interior of Columbus seen from starboard to port
The interior of Columbus seen from port to starboard
The STS-122 and Expedition 16 crewmembers gather for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station
Fly around closeup
Picture of ISS after STS-122
NASA TV image of the undocking maneuver
ISS floating above earth after STS-122 undocks

Rex Walheim transfers the nitrogen tank assembly
Hans Schlegel and Rex Walheim participate in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity
Astronaut Hans Schlegel
In the darkness of space, astronauts participate in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA)
Hans Schlegel, close view
Hans Schlegel works on Columbus