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STS-122

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ISS assembly mission. Delivered to the ISS and installed the Columbus European Laboratory Module and the Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure - Non-Deployable (MPESS-ND).

Delivered to the ISS and installed the Columbus European Laboratory Module and the Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure - Non-Deployable (MPESS-ND). Flight originally planned as STS-127 for June 2005 prior to the Columbia disaster, although no crew had been named prior to the tragedy.

ISS flight 1E's primary mission was the long-delayed delivery and installation of the European Columbus module. The shuttle entered an initial 58 km x 230 km orbit at 19:54 GMT. The OMS-2 circularization burn at 20:23 GMT put it into a 215 km x 233 km chase orbit. Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 port of the ISS at 17:17 GMT on 9 February. Eyharts was dropped off at the station, Tani, already aboard the ISS, returned to Earth on Atlantis. Atlantis undocked from the ISS on 20 February at 09:24 GMT; began its deorbit burn at 12:59; and landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 14:07.

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Country
USA
Spacecraft
Atlantis
Launch Sites
Cape Canaveral
Agency
NASA

Chronology

135 events

2007 November 15

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2007 November 19

2007 November 20

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 11/20/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. Today 9 years ago, at Baikonur/Kazakhstan a Proton-K rocket, Flight 1A/R, launched the Khrunichev-built FGB (Funktsionalnyi-Grusovoi Blok) Control Module 'Zarya' (Dawn), the first ISS element. Additional Details: here....

2007 November 21

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 11/21/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Reisman, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-123.

    FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko started his workday with Part 1 of a software test of the Russian data telemetry system's MKO multiplex exchange channel, via BSR-TM payload data telemetry and the 4PrNP-6 data gathering application of the BITS2-12 Onboard Telemetry Measurement System. Additional Details: here....

2007 November 22

2007 November 23

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 11/23/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-123.

    FE-1 Yuri Malenchenko performed Part 2 of the ground-controlled test of the Russian data telemetry system's MKO multiplex exchange channel, using BSR-TM payload data telemetry (TM) and the 4PrNP-6 data gathering application of the BITS2-12 Onboard Telemetry Measurement System. Additional Details: here....

2007 November 24

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2007 November 29

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 11/29/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. Upon wakeup, FE-1 Malenchenko terminated his third MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground.. Additional Details: here....

2007 November 30

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 11/30/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-122, STS-123. As is standard for new Expeditions, the two Flight Engineers, Malenchenko and Tani, performed the periodic 3-hr. routine health checkout on the RS (Russian segment)'s STTS telephone/telegraph subsystem.. Additional Details: here....

2007 December 1

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 12/01/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kotov, Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-122. Saturday. FE-1 Malenchenko continued preparations for operating the Russian/German TEKh-20 Plasma Crystal-3 Plus (PK-3+) experiment payload.. Additional Details: here....

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2007 December 6

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 12/06/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. Today's launch of STS-122/Atlantis on Mission ISS-1E was postponed due to failure indications of two (of four) engine cut-off sensors in the Liquid Hydrogen tank during early-morning tanking operations.. Additional Details: here....

2007 December 7

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 12/07/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122.

    After yesterday's launch scrub for STS-122/Atlantis/Mission ISS-1E due to failure indications of two (of four) engine cut-off sensors in the LH2 tank, the Shuttle is now in a 48-hour turnaround to protect for launch no earlier than Saturday, at 3:43pm EST. Additional Details: here....

2007 December 8

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2007 December 27

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 12/27/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. Before breakfast and first exercise, Whitson, Malenchenko and Tani completed a full session with the Russian crew health monitoring program's medical assessment MO-9/Biochemical Urinalysis.. Additional Details: here....

2007 December 28

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 12/28/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122.

    CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani began the day with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the experiment's session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. Additional Details: here....

2007 December 29

2008 January 5

2008 January 8

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 01/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122.

    CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani started out with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the SLEEP session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. Additional Details: here....

2008 January 10

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 01/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-123.

    CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani started out with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the SLEEP session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. Additional Details: here....

2008 January 11

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 01/11/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122.

    CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani started out with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the SLEEP session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. Additional Details: here....

2008 January 12

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2008 January 18

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 01/18/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122.

    CDR Whitson and FE-2 Tani started out with the daily reading of SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data accumulated during the night, for logging and filling in questionnaire entries in the SLEEP session file on the HRF-1 laptop for downlink. Additional Details: here....

2008 January 19

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2008 January 29

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 01/29/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-124. FE-1 Malenchenko set up the pumping equipment and initiated (later closed out) the periodic transfer of urine from five EDV-U containers in the SM (Service Module) to the Rodnik BV2 tank of Progress M-62/27P.. Additional Details: here....

2008 January 31

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2008 February 7

19:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
  • STS-122 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Payload: Atlantis F29 / Columbus. Mass: 117,850 kg (259,810 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 12.77 days. Decay Date: 2008-02-20 14:07:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 32486 . COSPAR: 2008-005A. Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). Perigee: 329 km (204 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min.

    ISS flight 1E's primary mission was the long-delayed delivery and installation of the European Columbus module. The shuttle entered an initial 58 km x 230 km orbit at 19:54 GMT. The OMS-2 circularization burn at 20:23 GMT put it into a 215 km x 233 km chase orbit. Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 port of the ISS at 17:17 GMT on 9 February. Eyharts was dropped off at the station, Tani, already aboard the ISS, returned to Earth on Atlantis. Atlantis undocked from the ISS on 20 February at 09:24 GMT; began its deorbit burn at 12:59; and landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 14:07.

2008 February 8

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2008 February 10

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Maenner - . Flight: STS-122. "Maenner" by German musician Herbert Groenemeyer for astronaut Hans Schlegel. “Maenner” translated is “Men.” Groenemeyer is also known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot..

2008 February 11

2008 February 11

2008 February 11

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Fly Like An Eagle - . Flight: STS-122. "Fly Like An Eagle" ” written by Steve Miller, was played for Mission Specialist Leland Melvin on the day he will use the station's robotic arm to lift the Columbus research module from Atlantis' payload bay..

2008 February 11

14:13 GMT - .
  • EVA STS-122-1 - . Crew: Love, Walheim. EVA Duration: 0.33 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. The crew assisted in the installation of the Columbus module to the station, removed a grapple fixture from the payload bay, and installed it on Columbus..

2008 February 12

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Dream Come True - . Flight: STS-122. "Dream Come True" by Jim Brickman, was played for Mission Specialist Rex Walheim. "Doing a spacewalk certainly is a dream come true," Walheim radioed down to Mission Control..

2008 February 12

2008 February 12

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2008 February 13

2008 February 13

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Oysters and Pearls - . Flight: STS-122. "Oysters and Pearls" by Jimmy Buffett, was played for Pilot Alan Poindexter..

2008 February 13

14:27 GMT - .

2008 February 14

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Consider Yourself at Home. - . Flight: STS-122. "Consider Yourself at Home." The song, which is from the musical Oliver!, was played for Mission Specialist Stanley Love. "That's a wonderful song, thanks so much for sending it," said Love, 42..

2008 February 14

2008 February 14

2008 February 15

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2008 February 15

2008 February 15

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Marmor Stein und Eisen Bricht. - . Flight: STS-122. "Marmor Stein und Eisen Bricht." The song's title translates as “Marble Breaks and Iron Bends.” It was played for Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel, a European Space Agency astronaut from Germany..

2008 February 15

13:07 GMT - .
  • EVA STS-122-3 - . Crew: Love, Walheim. EVA Duration: 0.31 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. The astronauts installed experiments on the exterior of the Columbus module and moved a failed ISS Control Moment Gyro to the payload bay of Atlantis for return to earth..

2008 February 16

2008 February 16

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: I Believe I Can Fly - . Flight: STS-122. "I Believe I Can Fly" performed by Yolanda Adams and Kenny G and played for Mission Specialist Leland Melvin..

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2008 February 17

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Hail Thee, Harvey Mudd, - . Flight: STS-122. "Hail Thee, Harvey Mudd," the Harvey Mudd College anthem written by Amy Lewkowicz for Mission Specialist Stan Love. Love is a 1987 graduate of the Claremont, Calif., private math, science and engineering college..

2008 February 17

  • STS-122 MCC Status Report #21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Tani. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The ten spaceflight crew members parted ways to their respective spacecraft today. After farewells were said, hatches between the space shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station were closed at 12:03 p.m. CST.. Additional Details: here....

2008 February 17

  • STS-122 MCC Status Report #20 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Love, Tani. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of Atlantis will complete the final cargo transfers, wrap up their part in the installation and activation of the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory, and then bid farewell to the Expedition 16 crew this morning.. Additional Details: here....

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2008 February 18

2008 February 18

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Over the Rainbow - . Flight: STS-122. "Over the Rainbow" What a Wonderful World,” sung by Hawaiian- Japanese vocalist Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.

2008 February 18

2008 February 18

  • STS-122 MCC Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Poindexter, Tani. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Space shuttle Atlantis is set to undock from the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. after nine days of joint operations carrying the seven-member crew that successfully commissioned the European Space Agency's new Columbus science laboratory.. Additional Details: here....

2008 February 19

2008 February 19

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Always Look on the Bright Side - . Flight: STS-122.

2008 February 19

2008 February 20

  • STS-122 - Wakeup Song: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty - . Flight: STS-122. "Hail to the Spirit of Liberty" by John Philip Sousa, for Pilot Alan Poindexter..

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2008 February 20

14:07 GMT - .

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2008 March 1

2008 March 4

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 03/04/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Eyharts, Foreman, Love, Malenchenko, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-124.

    In the COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory), FE-2 Leo Eyharts had an hour allotted to perform troubleshooting on a structural element which earlier (2/17) had prevented installation of a K-BAR (Knee-Brace Assembly Replacement) capture mechanism on the overhead F2 rack, as required for relocating of the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) and EXPRESS Rack 3 (ER3). Additional Details: here....

2008 March 5

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 03/05/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Eyharts, Foreman, Love, Malenchenko, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-124.

    In the COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory), FE-2 Leo Eyharts had an hour allotted to perform troubleshooting on a structural element which earlier (2/17) had prevented installation of a K-BAR (Knee-Brace Assembly Replacement) capture mechanism on the overhead F2 rack, as required for relocating of the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox) and EXPRESS Rack 3 (ER3). Additional Details: here....

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2008 April 22

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 04/22/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

    FE-1 Kononenko performed major periodic replacements on the SM(Service Module)'s ASU toilet facility, changing out replaceable parts with new components, such as a sensor unit (A8A-9060), two receptacles (PR and MP), four hoses, a T-connector, an elbow fitting, an indicator, a filter insert (F-V), and the pretreat container (E-K) with its hose. Additional Details: here....

2008 April 30

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 04/30/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

    Upon wake-up, FE-1 Kononenko terminated his first MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session, started last night, by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. Additional Details: here....

2008 May 5

2008 May 8

  • ISS On-Orbit Status 05/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

    Hint: watch tonight's 'The Colbert Report' on Comedy Central, at 11:30pm EDT! Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement (second for CDR and FE-1, third for FE-2. Additional Details: here....

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