STS-122

Mission:

STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight - Columbus Module 

Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) 
Location: OPF 2
Launch Date: February 7, 2008 at 2:45:30 pm
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew:

Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel, Eyharts, Love, Melvin and Walheim 

Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

 

ESA's Columbus module is shown as an engineering graphic

Engineer's graphic of what ISS will look like at the completion of STS-122

 

 

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European Space Agency's Columbus module The upper External Payload Facility is shown. Used for long-term exposure experiments and monitoring equipment, these brackets will be heavily used during their service. Shown through the scaffolding is the lower External Payload Facility.
 

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At dawn: the VAB, Venus and the Moon. Atlantis is slowly backed out of OPF 1. Atlantis is slowly backed out of OPF 1.
 

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The rollover is stopped as spotters move a temporary light that was too close to the passing vehicle. As dawn fills the sky, Atlantis proceeds toward the VAB. Atlantis at about the halfway point in the rollover.