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External tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis as the launcher stands on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center ahead of flight STS-122

STS-122 mission crew at the launch pad during final training

STS-122 mission crew learn how to use the slidewire baskets to evacuate the launch pad in the case of emergency

Hans Schlegel climbs into the slidewire basket

STS-122 mission crew during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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

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

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

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

Léopold Eyharts and Hans Schlegel

Hans Schlegel talks to media on the second day of STS-122 Terminal Countdown Demonstation activities at Kennedy Space Center

Léopold Eyharts talks to the media at the start of the second day of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at KSC

A view of NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis at it sits on the launch pad ahead of the STS-122 mission to install Columbus

View from the top of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Léopold Eyharts during STS-122 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-122 mission crew during second day of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida

ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts during final training ahead of the STS-122 mission to deliver the European Columbus laboratory

Frank De Winne during final training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of the STS-122 mission

Hans Schlegel during the second day of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at KSC ahead of the STS-122 mission

Hans Schlegel climbs into the slidewire basket

Hans Schlegel and his fellow STS-122 crew members, climb into the slidewire basket

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Columbus and the external platforms await launch on board Space Shuttle Atlantis

ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts

ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel

ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel

Venus Express detects evidence of lightning

Earth at night

Earth from Rosetta's position

Earth's true colours

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

Crewmembers of the STS-122 shuttle mission during the practice countdown at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Columbus laboratory is loaded into a Beluga aircraft for transportation to Florida

Columbus laboratory is loaded into a Beluga aircraft for transportation to Florida

Hans Schlegel arrives for final training ahead of the STS-122 mission

Hans Schlegel gives a short media speech

Léopold Eyharts gives a short media speech

Alan Poindexter gives a short media speech

STS-122 mission crew arrives for final training

STS-122 crew during the first day of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at KSC

STS-122 crew inside an emergency evacuation vehicle at Kennedy Space Center

Hans Schlegel practices driving an emergency evacuation vehicle during training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Hans Schlegel and Léopold Eyharts during emergency evacuation training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Léopold Eyharts practices driving an emergency evacuation vehicle during training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-122 crew pose next to an emergency evacuation vehicle at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Frank De Winne during emergency evacuation training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Frank De Winne during emergency evacuation training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Hans Schlegel during emergency evacuation training at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

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