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    STS-122 mission crew gives a short media speech

    STS-122 crew in practice countdown - more images

    20 November 2007
    NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis stands on the launch pad ready to carry the European Columbus laboratory to the ISS

    Hans Schlegel talks to media on the second day of STS-122 Terminal Countdown Demonstation activities at Kennedy Space Center
    Léopold Eyharts and Hans Schlegel
    Hans Schlegel during the second day of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at KSC ahead of the STS-122 mission
    Frank De Winne during final training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of the STS-122 mission
    View from the top of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Hans Schlegel and STS-122 crew during the practice countdown at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Léopold Eyharts and the STS-122 crew during the practice countdown at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Crewmembers of the STS-122 shuttle mission during the practice countdown at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

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