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STS-122

Launch: February 7, 2008, 2:45 p.m. EST

Landing: February 20, 2008, 9:07 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

Crew: Commander Stephen N. Frick, Pilot Alan G. Poindexter, Mission Specialists Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland D. Melvin,Hans Schlegel (ESA), Daniel M. Tani, Léopold Eyharts (ESA)

 

STS-122 was meant to expand the science capabilities of the International Space Station by installing the European Space Agency's Columbus module, a 23-by-15-foot research laboratory.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts122-s-001a

Date: April 2007

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