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**STS-Chris** · 04.05.2007, 21:55

STS-122 Atlantis

Die Crew

CDR Stephen Frick (2. Flug)
Bisherige Flüge:
STS-110 Atlantis, ISS (2002)

PLT Alan Poindexter (1. Flug)

MS Stanley Love (1. Flug)

MS Rex Walheim (2. Flug)
Bisherige Flüge:
STS-110 Atlantis, ISS (2002)

MS Leland Melvin (1. Flug)

MS Hans Schlegel (2. Flug) ESA, Germany
Bisherige Flüge:
STS-55 Columbia, D-2 Mission (1993)

ISS Léopold Eyharts (2. Flug) ESA, France (Start)
Bisherige Flüge:
Soyuz TM-27, MIR (1998)

ISS Daniel Tani (Landung)
Bisherige Flüge:
STS-108 Endeavour, ISS (2001)

Quelle: NASA.gov

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**STS-Chris** · 30.07.2007, 18:58

STS-122 Atlantis

Next Events

November 2007
Rollover of orbiter Atlantis from
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 1
to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

November 2007
Rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Thu 6 December 2007
Launch

All times could change at short notice.
Changes are indicated in red.

Space Shuttle Processing
Status Report S-072707

Fr 27 July 2007

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight (1E) -
"Columbus" Laboratory
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Hans Schlegel,
Léopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Rex Walheim
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, the orbiter boom sensor system
has been removed, inspected and reinstalled in the orbiter. Windows No.
1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 have been removed and replaced. The external tank door
push test, which measures actuator performance, is complete. Technicians
are performing hypergolic fuel system testing on the orbital maneuvering
system pods.

Quelle: NASA.gov

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Technical specifications of the Columbus Laboratory (ESA)

**STS-Chris** · 02.09.2007, 01:55

STS-122 Atlantis

Next Events

November 2007
Rollover of orbiter Atlantis from
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 1
to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

November 2007
Rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Thu 6 December 2007
Launch

All times could change at short notice.
Changes are indicated in red.

Space Shuttle Processing
Status Report S-083107

Fr 31 August 2007

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight (1E) -
"Columbus" Laboratory
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Hans Schlegel,
Léopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Rex Walheim
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, workers continue making
modifications to the orbiter's engine cutoff sensor wiring. This work
involves rerouting new wires and installing new resistors. Inspections of
the main propulsion system flow liners are complete, and the drag chute
door has been installed. Orbiter power system validation will begin next
week after the vehicle is powered up.

KSC-07PD-1805 (4 July 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility. The orbiter will
undergo processing for its next launch, mission STS-122 in December.
Visible on Atlantis is the tail cone that covers and protects the main
engines during the ferry flight. Atlantis arrived at Kennedy Space Center
atop the SCA on July 3 after a three-day, cross-country flight due to fuel
stops and weather delays. Touchdown was at 8:27 a.m. EDT. Atlantis
landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on June 22 to end mission
STS-117. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton.

Quelle: NASA.gov

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Technical specifications of the Columbus Laboratory (ESA)

**STS-Chris** · 09.09.2007, 00:36

STS-122 Atlantis

Next Events

~ Sun 23 September 2007
Solid Rocket Booster Stacking in the
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

October/November 2007
Rollover of orbiter Atlantis from
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 1
to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

November 2007
Rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Thu 6 December 2007
4:30 p.m. EST (22:30 CET)
Launch

All times could change at short notice.
Changes are indicated in red.

Space Shuttle Processing
Status Report S-090707

Fr 7 September 2007

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight (1E) -
"Columbus" Laboratory
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Hans Schlegel,
Léopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Rex Walheim
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, modifications are finished on the
orbiter's engine cutoff sensor wiring. This involved rerouting new wires
and installing new resistors. Orbiter power system validation is complete.
Technicians finished waterproofing the orbiter's thermal protection system
last weekend. Checkout and verification of the orbiter's remote
manipulator system, also known as the shuttle arm, is under way.

Quelle: NASA.gov

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Technical specifications of the Columbus Laboratory (ESA)

**STS-Chris** · 18.09.2007, 17:24

STS-122 Atlantis

Next Events

~ Sun 23 September 2007
Solid Rocket Booster Stacking in the
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

October/November 2007
Rollover of orbiter Atlantis from
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 1
to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

November 2007
Rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Thu 6 December 2007
4:30 p.m. EST (22:30 CET)
Launch

All times could change at short notice.
Changes are indicated in red.

Space Shuttle Processing
Status Report S-091407

Fr 14 September 2007

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight (1E) -
"Columbus" Laboratory
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Hans Schlegel,
Léopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Rex Walheim
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, checkout and verification of the
orbiter's remote manipulator system, also known as the shuttle arm, are
complete. Technicians are reinstalling the left orbital maneuvering system
pod, which was removed for a valve repair. System testing continues in
the vehicle. Technicians are checking out the water spray boiler system.

ET-125, the external fuel tank for mission STS-122, arrived at Kennedy
via barge at 12:30 p.m. today. The tank was then offloaded and
transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be lifted into a
checkout cell on Saturday to allow for processing.

Quelle: NASA.gov

Image Gallery

Fri 14 September 2007

KSC-07PD-2457 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
Tugboats tow the Pegasus barge toward the dock in the turn basin of the
Launch Complex 39 Area. At left is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The
barge is carrying external tank No. 125. After it is offloaded, the tank will
be moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The external tank will be used
on space shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2458 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
Tugboats maneuver the Pegasus barge toward the dock in the turn basin
of the Launch Complex 39 Area. The barge is carrying external tank No.
125. After it is offloaded, the tank will be moved to the Vehicle Assembly
Building. The external tank will be used on space shuttle Atlantis for
mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2464 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
External tank No. 125 is moved out of the Pegasus barge at the Launch
Complex 39 Area turn basin. After offloading, the tank will be transported
to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The tank arrived at Kennedy on the
Pegasus barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. The
external tank will be used on space shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-122
targeted for launch on Dec. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryde

KSC-07PD-2466 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
On its transporter, external tank No. 125 moves toward the Vehicle
Assembly Building in the background. The tank arrived at the Launch
Complex 39 Area turn basin on the Pegasus barge from the Michoud
Assembly Facility near New Orleans. The external tank will be used on
space shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2468 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
On its transporter, external tank No. 125 moves toward the Vehicle
Assembly Building, at right. The tank arrived at the Launch Complex 39
Area turn basin on the Pegasus barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility
near New Orleans. The external tank will be used on space shuttle Atlantis
for mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2470 (14 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
On its transporter, external tank No. 125 moves through the entrance in
the Vehicle Assembly Building. The tank arrived at the Launch Complex 39
Area turn basin on the Pegasus barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility
near New Orleans. The external tank will be used on space shuttle Atlantis
for mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

Sat 15 September 2007

KSC-07PD-2475 (15 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, external tank No.
125 is suspended above the floor as it is being raised to a vertical position.
It will then be lifted into a checkout cell in high bay 4 to allow for
processing. The tank will be part of the space shuttle stack for mission
STS-122 targeted to launch Dec. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2478 (15 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
Seen from below, external tank No. 125 is being lifted high into the upper
levels of the Vehicle Assembly Building for transfer to a checkout cell in
high bay 4 to allow for processing. The tank will be part of the space
shuttle stack for mission STS-122 targeted to launch Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KSC-07PD-2483 (15 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
After its lift and transfer inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, external
tank No. 125 is suspended in a checkout cell in high bay 4 for processing.
The tank will be part of the space shuttle stack for mission STS-122
targeted to launch Dec. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

Quelle: NASA/KSC

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Technical specifications of the Columbus Laboratory (ESA)

**STS-Chris** · 07.10.2007, 14:02

STS-122 Atlantis

Next Events

October/November 2007
Rollover of orbiter Atlantis from
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 1
to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

November 2007
Rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Thu 6 December 2007
4:30 p.m. EST (22:30 CET)
Launch

All times could change at short notice.
Changes are indicated in red.

Space Shuttle Processing
Status Report S-100507

Fr 5 October 2007

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight (1E) -
"Columbus" Laboratory
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Stephen Frick, Alan Poindexter, Hans Schlegel,
Léopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Rex Walheim
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay No. 1, workers are installing the main
engine heat shields. Engine integrated testing and mate operations are
complete. Technicians have also completed checkout of the water spray
boiler system. Functional checkout of the external tank doors is finished.
Midbody closeout and inspection work continues, with final payload bay
door closure scheduled for next week.

In the Vehicle Assembly Building, processing continues on ET-125, the
external fuel tank for the STS-122 mission, including repairs to the liquid
oxygen feedline support bracket foam. In high bay No. 3, stacking of the
solid rocket boosters is under way. The right forward booster segment will
be lifted to the stack this weekend.

Quelle: NASA.gov

Image Gallery

Thu 27 September 2007

KSC-07PD-2600 (27 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
Members of the STS-122 crew look over the Columbus Research
Laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility. The crew is at
Kennedy to take part in a crew equipment interface test, which helps
familiarize them with equipment and payloads for the mission. Among the
activities standard to a CEIT are harness training, inspection of the
thermal protection system and camera operation for planned
extravehicular activities, or EVAs. The crew comprises Commander
Stephen Frick, Pilot Alan Poindexter, and Mission Specialists Rex Walheim,
Stanley Love, Leland Melvin and Hans Schlegel, who represents the
European Space Agency. The Columbus Lab is Europe's largest
contribution to the construction of the International Space Station. It will
support scientific and technological research in a microgravity
environment. Columbus, a program of ESA, is a multifunctional,
pressurized laboratory that will be permanently attached to Node 2 of the
space station to carry out experiments in materials science, fluid physics
and biosciences, as well as to perform a number of technological
applications. STS-122 is targeted for launch in December.
Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

Fri 28 September 2007

KSC-07PD-2637 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-122 crew look over
cameras that will be used during the mission. From left are Mission
Specialists Stanley Love, Hans Schlegel and Rex Walheim and Pilot Alan
Poindexter. The crew is at Kennedy Space Center to take part in a crew
equipment interface test, which helps familiarize them with equipment and
payloads for the mission. Among the activities standard to a CEIT are
harness training, inspection of the thermal protection system and camera
operation for planned extravehicular activities, or EVAs.

KSC-07PD-2640 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-122 crew practice
handling cameras that will be used during the mission. At left is Mission
Specialist Hans Schlegel. At right is Pilot Alan Poindexter. Schlegel
represents the European Space Agency. The crew is at Kennedy Space
Center to take part in a crew equipment interface test, which helps
familiarize them with equipment and payloads for the mission.

KSC-07PD-2644 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-122 Commander Stephen Frick
checks out the cockpit on space shuttle Atlantis. He and other crew
members are at Kennedy Space Center to take part in a crew equipment
interface test, which helps familiarize them with equipment and payloads
for the mission.

KSC-07PD-2646 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance technicians
provide lights over the space shuttle Atlantis' cockpit. STS-122
Commander Stephen Frick is inside checking the cockpit for launch
readiness.

KSC-07PD-2652 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-122 crew members practice
working with equipment for the mission. From left are Commander
Stephen Frick and Mission Specialists Hans Schlegel, Rex Walheim and
Stanley Love. Schlegel represents the European Space Agency. The crew
is at Kennedy Space Center to take part in a crew equipment interface
test, which includes equipment familiarization.

KSC-07PD-2653 (28 September 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-122 crew members get a close look
at some of the equipment for the mission. From left, in the foreground, are
Mission Specialists Stanley Love and Rex Walheim and Pilot Alan
Poindexter. In the background at left is Mission Specialist Leland Melvin; at
right is European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who will be on
the mission and joining the Expedition 16 crew as flight engineer on the
International Space Station.

Fri 5 October 2007

KSC-07PD-2661 (5 October 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a United Space Alliance technician
prepares the surface of Atlantis for installation of a thermal protection
system tile. Space shuttle Atlantis is targeted for launch on mission
STS-122 on Dec. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

KSC-07PD-2663 (5 October 2007) [Low Res | High Res]
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the solid rocket booster segments are
being stacked on the mobile launcher platform for mission STS-122. Space
shuttle Atlantis is targeted for launch on mission STS-122 on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

Quelle: NASA/KSC

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Technical specifications of the Columbus Laboratory (ESA)

**captainslater** · 09.12.2007, 15:19

Der Start wurde schon wieder verschoben. Nachdem am Donnerstag schon zwei Tanksensoren ausfielen, war es heute nur einer. Das Protokoll schreibt jedoch vier funktionierende Sensoren vor.

Ich hoffe wirklich, dass diese Mission noch klappen wird.

**Oberst-Snake** · 09.12.2007, 15:42

Die haben doch noch ein paar Tage Zeit.

Also Daumen drücken

**Philliph Adama** · 09.12.2007, 15:46

Ich hab gehört das der Deutsche Astronaut nicht mitfliegen soll. das war vor einem oder zwei Tagen in den Nachrichten

**Oberst-Snake** · 09.12.2007, 15:48

Gestern wurde immer wieder gesagt das er mitfleigt, er ist immerhin für das Modul und die Montage verantwortlich.

**Philliph Adama** · 09.12.2007, 17:22

dann wár das vorgestern und gestern hat man dann bestätigt, das er doch mitfliegt! Würd ich jetzt sagen

**captainslater** · 09.12.2007, 17:39

Start frühestens am 02. Januar

Dec. 9 -11:30 a.m. EST
Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station now is targeted to launch no earlier than Jan. 2 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The liftoff date depends on the resolution of a problem in a fuel sensor system.

Early Sunday, one of the four engine cutoff, or ECO, sensors inside the liquid hydrogen section of Atlantis' external fuel tank gave a false reading while the tank was being filled. NASA's current Launch Commit Criteria require that all four sensors function properly.

The sensor system is one of several that protect the shuttle's main engines by triggering their shut down if fuel runs unexpectedly low. Atlantis' scheduled launch on Thursday, Dec. 6, was delayed after two liquid hydrogen ECO sensors gave false readings.

The crew of Atlantis said the technical issue did not dampen their gratitude for the effort to launch.

"We want to thank everyone who worked so hard to get us into space this launch window," the astronauts said in a statement. "We had support teams working around the clock at KSC, JSC, and numerous sites in Europe. We were ready to fly, but understand that these types of technical challenges are part of the space program. We hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest, and we will be back to try again when the vehicle is ready to fly."

The main objective of Atlantis' 11-day mission is to install and activate the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory, which will provide scientists around the world the ability to conduct a variety of life, physical and materials science experiments.

Quelle: NASA - Home

Nachdem das Problem mit den Tanksensoren nicht komplett behoben werden konnte und ein Start nur mit vier funktionierenden Sensoren erfolgen darf, will man sich nun länger Zeit nehmen um das Problem zu lösen.

Als Start ist also das nächste Jahr geplant. Wahrscheinlich auch im Hinblick auf die Tatsache, dass ja anscheinend die Boardcomputer mit Jahreswechseln Probleme bekommen könnten.

Ich wünsche den Technikern jedenfalls viel Erfolg bei der Reparatur, so dass nächstes Jahr Columbus gen Himmel segeln kann.

**HiroP** · 09.12.2007, 21:14

Ich möchte mal ganz provokant und auf Basis politischer Realität sagen:

Könnte es trotz der maroden Shuttle-Flotte Absicht sein?
Um das wichtigste Projekt der europäischen Raumfahrt zu behindern?
Um uns zu zeigen, wie abhängig wir noch immer von den USA sind?

**Dax** · 09.12.2007, 21:20

Zitat von HiroP Beitrag anzeigen

Ich möchte mal ganz provokant und auf Basis politischer Realität sagen:

Könnte es trotz der maroden Shuttle-Flotte Absicht sein?
Um das wichtigste Projekt der europäischen Raumfahrt zu behindern?
Um uns zu zeigen, wie abhängig wir noch immer von den USA sind?

Und wem sollte das etwas bringen? Es wird ja nun der Zeitplan der NASA durcheinander gewirbelt wird (und die haben ja demnächst eh keine bemannte Kapazität mehr). Außerdem kosten diese Fehlersuchspielchen und Verzögerungen sicher genug Geld.

Sensor ist kaputt - Kaputter Sensor kann zur frühzeitigen Triebwerksabschaltung führen - Start ist zu riskant. Ende der Geschichte.

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STS-122 Atlantis - ESA Laboratory "Columbus"

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