# STS-122

Occurred 16 years ago

STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall.

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## Mission Facts

**Launch:** Feb. 7, 2008, 2:45 p.m. EST

**Landing:** Feb. 20, 2008, 9:07 a.m. EST

**Orbiter:** Atlantis

**Mission:** STS-122/1E (121st space shuttle flight)

**Launch Window:** 10 minutes

**Launch Pad:** 39A

**Mission Duration:** 13 days

**Landing Site:** KSC

**Inclination/Altitude:** 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

**Primary Payload:** 24th station flight (1E), Columbus Laboratory**Miles Traveled:**5.3 million

## Crew:

Steve Frick, Commander

Alan Poindexter, Pilot

Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist

Stanley Love, Mission Specialist

Leland Melvin, Mission Specialist

Hans Schlegel, Mission Specialist

LéopoldEyharts, Mission Specialist, Embarking to International Space Station

Daniel Tani, Flight Engineer, Returning from International Space Station

## Mission Highlights

A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, commanded the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter served as pilot. Mission specialists included Air Force Col. Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland D. Melvin and European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel. Poindexter, Love and Melvin made their first spaceflight on this mission.

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who flew to the space station on the STS-120 mission, returned home with the STS-122 crew. STS-122 delivered European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to the complex.

STS-122 was the 24th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

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## 				Resources			

## STS-122 Press Kit

Get an overview of the STS mission, its crew and activities during this mission.

## Atlantis Fact Sheet

An overview of this shuttle's flights.

## STS-122 Mission Poster

View the official poster for this mission.

## STS-122 Crew Poster

View the official crew poster for this mission.

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