Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-122
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st space shuttle flight overall. The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ISS program. The primary objective of STS-122 was to deliver the European Columbus science laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), to the station. It also returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. Tani was replaced on Expedition 16 by Léopold Eyharts, a French Flight Engineer representing ESA. After Atlantis' landing, the orbiter was prepared for STS-125, the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2008-02-20T14:07:00+0000
Crew
Stephen Frick
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-09-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Alan G. Poindexter
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-11-05
Deceased 2012-07-01
Status Deceased
Type Government
Hans Schlegel
Mission Specialist
Nationality German
Date Of Birth 1951-08-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Leland D. Melvin
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1964-02-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Léopold Eyharts
Mission Specialist
Nationality French
Date Of Birth 1957-04-28
Status Active
Type Government
Rex J. Walheim
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-10-10
Status Retired
Type Government
Stanley G. Love
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1965-06-08
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
