German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes the STS-122 Shuttle crew at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
From left to the right, front row: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Commander Stephen Frick, Chancellor Angela Merkel, ESA DG Jean-Jacques Dordain, Peter Hintze, German Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Evert Dudok, CEO Astrium Satellites.
Back row: STS-122 crewmembers, Rex Walheim, Stanley Love, Hans Schlegel, Alan Poindexter and Leland Melvin.