STS-122 Mission Patch
A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, will command the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include Air Force Col. Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland D. Melvin and European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel. Poindexter, Love and Melvin will be making their first spaceflight. Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who is set to fly to the space station on the STS-120 mission, will return home with the STS-122 crew. STS-122 will deliver European Space Agency astronaut Lopold Eyharts to the complex.
STS-122 is the 24th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Launch Target:Dec. 6, 2007 Orbiter:Atlantis Mission Number:STS-122(121st space shuttle flight) Launch Window:10 minutes Launch Pad:39A Mission Duration:TBD Landing Site:KSC Inclination/Altitude:51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles Primary Payload:24th station flight (1E), Columbus Laboratory
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