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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-122
United Space AllianceLaunch Successful

STS-122

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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission

STS-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.

Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Mission type
Human Exploration
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Destination
International Space Station
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Provider
United Space Alliance
Programs
Space Shuttle, International Space Station

The vehicle

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Space Shuttle
Launch vehicle

Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
135
First flight
1981-04-12

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Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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