STS-122

STS-122

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

NASA galleries for STS-122:

• Media archive link archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• NASA Spaceflight link archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Crew

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

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  Commander Stephan Frick
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  Pilot Alan G. Poindexter
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  Mission Specialist Leland D. Melvin
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  Mission Specialist Rex J. Walheim
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  Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel
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  Mission Specialist Stanley G. Love
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  Mission Specialist and ISS crewmember Leopold Eyharts
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  Returning ISS crewmember Daniel M. Tani

Before launch

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

Launch

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  Low-Resolution NASA TV screen capture of STS-122 launch.
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  STS-122 launches on February 7, 2008
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  STS-122 Launch
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  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

In Orbit

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

First spacewalk

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  Astronaut Stanley Love
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  Astronaut Rex Walheim
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  Columbus laboratory
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  Stanley Love
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  Columbus laboratory
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  Columbus installed

Second spacewalk

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

Third spacewalk

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  Rex Walheim
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  Rex Walheim, close view
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  Rex Walheim installing a handrail on Columbus module
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  Rex Walheim uses a power tool while installing a handrail
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  Stanley Love works on the new Columbus laboratory's exterior

Landing

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  Atlantis landing
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  Atlantis touchdown
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  Atlantis touchdown

Others

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  ISS after STS-122 (computer rendering of August 2006)
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  ISS after STS-122
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  ISS after STS-122
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  ISS after STS-122
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  diagram of ECO sensors that plagued the original launch attempt