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Columbus was carried into orbit inside Atlantis' payload bay
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Revised STS-122 mission schedule

10/02/2008 488 views 0 likes
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NASA has released an updated mission schedule. Most events have been shifted by 24 hours. The European Columbus laboratory will now be attached to ISS at 22:25 CET on Monday. Click on ‘Full story’ for an overview of the main highlights.

Monday 11 February

15:35 CET - EVA 1 begins - Love and Walheim to assist in the Columbus module attachment (duration approx. 6.5 hrs).
22:25 CET - Attachment of Columbus to Node 2/Harmony completed.

Tuesday 12 February

14:50 CET - Columbus module PARTIAL ingress
21:00 CET - Columbus module ingress

Wednesday 13 February

15:35 CET - EVA 2 begins- Schlegel and Walheim to install new Nitrogen Tank assembly on P1 truss (duration approx 6.5 hrs).

Thursday 14 February

14:00 CET - ESA/DLR Public Affairs event with Schlegel, Eyharts, Frick, Whitson and Malnchenko (duration 20 min).

Friday 15 February

14:35 CET - EVA 3 begins- Walheim and Love to install SOLAR science facility and the European Technology Exposure Facility EUTEF. Duration approx 6.5 hrs.

Saturday 16 February

17:00 CET - Joint Crew News Conference with ALL crew members- Duration 40 min
20:15 CET - Farewell, handshake and hatch closure. Between ISS and Shuttle crews

Sunday 17 February

12 :35 CET - Atlantis /ISS undocking
14:18 CET - Atlantis’ final separation burn from ISS

Monday 18 February

15:25 CET - US Public Affairs event with ALL Shuttle crewmembers

Tuesday 19 February

16:14 CET - Landing at KSC