STS-122Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Thu · Feb 7th, 2008 2:45 PM EST Watch Online Crew Rex J. Walheim Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 10/10/1962 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/8/2002 Last Flight: 7/8/2011Rex Joseph Walheim is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three space shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, and STS-135. Walheim logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He was assigned as mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-135, the final space shuttle mission. Stephen Frick CommanderStatus: Retired 9/30/1964 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/8/2002 Last Flight: 2/7/2008Stephen Nathaniel Frick is an American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a United States Navy officer, and trained as a F/A-18 fighter pilot. Stationed aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, he flew combat missions during the Gulf War and then earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994. Frick was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and was trained as a Space Shuttle pilot. He piloted mission STS-110, a docking mission with the International Space Station. In July 2006, Frick was assigned to command the crew of STS-122. The 12-day mission delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. The mission launched February 7, 2008, and touched down February 20, 2008. NASA announced his retirement in July 2015. Alan G. Poindexter PilotStatus: Deceased 11/5/1961 - 7/1/2012 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 2/7/2008 Last Flight: 4/5/2010Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122, and STS-131. Leland D. Melvin Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 2/15/1964 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 2/7/2008 Last Flight: 11/16/2009Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Melvin was named the NASA Associate Administrator for Education in October 2010. Stanley G. Love Mission SpecialistStatus: Active 6/8/1965 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 2/7/2008 Last Flight: 2/7/2008Stanley Glen Love, Ph.D. is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut from Oregon. Léopold Eyharts Mission SpecialistStatus: Active 4/28/1957 - Nationality: French Type: Government First Flight: 1/29/1998 Last Flight: 2/7/2008Léopold Eyharts (born April 28, 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. Hans Schlegel Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 8/3/1951 - Nationality: German Type: Government First Flight: 4/26/1993 Last Flight: 2/7/2008Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. From 1995 to 1997, he trained as the backup crew member for the German-Russian Mir'97 mission, and afterwards received additional training in Russia to become qualified as a second board engineer for the Mir space station. In 1998, he became a member of the European Astronaut Corps. Schlegel was a Mission Specialist on the STS-122 Space Shuttle mission. The mission was charged with the responsibility of putting the Columbus laboratory in orbit, in addition to its connection to the International Space Station. MissionSTS-122Type: Human ExplorationSTS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st space shuttle flight overall. The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ISS program. The primary objective of STS-122 was to deliver the European Columbus science laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), to the station. It also returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. Tani was replaced on Expedition 16 by Léopold Eyharts, a French Flight Engineer representing ESA. After Atlantis' landing, the orbiter was prepared for STS-125, the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. LocationLaunch Complex 39AKennedy Space Center, FL, USA185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. RocketSpace Shuttle Atlantis OV-104Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: October 3, 1985Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011.The Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 rocket has been launched a total of 32 times with 32 successful and 0 failed launches. AgencyUnited Space AllianceType: Commercial Abbreviation: USAFounded: 1995 Launchers: Space ShuttleCountry: USAUnited Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. View Rocket Launch Schedule