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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Atlantis punches through the bottom of a cloud... ...and out the top. Booster separation engines fire as the spent boosters begin their tumbling descent.
 

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Boosters fall away as Atlantis speeds to orbit on mission STS-122. Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, speaks after the successful launch of Atlantis and the Columbus module, ESA'a contribution to ISS. As an emergency vehicle awaits, Atlantis begins her flare for landing.
 

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Atlantis landing gear doors open as she begins her landing flare. Gear down and locked, Atalntis crosses the threshold of runway 15 Atlantis in full flare for landing on runway 15