Columbus Mission facts
Shuttle crew:
- Shuttle Commander Stephen Frick (NASA)
- Shuttle Pilot Alan Poindexter (NASA)
- Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel (ESA)
- Mission Specialist Rex Walheim (NASA)
- Mission Specialist Stanley Love (NASA)
- Mission Specialist Leland Melvin (NASA)
- ISS Flight Engineer (Ascent) Léopold Eyharts (ESA)
- ISS Flight Engineer (Descent) Daniel Tani (NASA)
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis (29th flight for Atlantis)
MISSION
European mission name:
Columbus Mission
Shuttle mission designation:
STS-122 (121st Space Shuttle flight and the 24th flight to ISS)
ISS assembly flight designation:
1E
Primary payload:
European Columbus laboratory
Secondary Payloads:
EuTEF, SOLAR, Nitrogen Tank Assembly
LAUNCH AND LANDING SITES
Launch site:
Launch Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Primary landing site:
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Secondary landing sites:
Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, USA
MISSION PARAMETERS
Launch:
7 February 2008 (at 14:45 Florida time, 20:45 CET)
Launch window:
10 minutes
Altitude (in orbit):
226 kilometres
ISS altitude:
~400 kilometres
Inclination:
51.6°
Mission duration:
13 days
Landing:
Wednesday 20 February (09:07 Florida time, 15:07 CET)
Last update: 23 July 2008 | 
