Space Shuttle Atlantis Docks with the International Space Station
Image: Space shuttle Atlantis docks with the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TV
The Expedition 16 crew welcomed the STS-122 astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time after the hatches between the station and space shuttle Atlantis opened at 1:40 p.m. EST today.
Atlantis docked with station at 12:17 p.m., bringing with it the newest station research module - the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory. Also traveling with STS-122 is a new Expedition 16 crew member, European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who will replace Flight Engineer Daniel Tani.
The crews will prepare for the first of three scheduled STS-122 spacewalks and Sunday's scheduled installation of the Columbus laboratory.
Please follow SpaceRef on Twitter and Like us on Facebook.
Calendar
- 4 Mar: NASA Budget Hearing
- 4 Mar: NASA FISO Telecon: SpiderFab: Architecture for On-Orbit Manufacture of Large Aperture Space Systems
- 5 Mar: Icy Grain Chemistry for Formation of Complex Organic Molecules
- 6 Mar: Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting
- 11 Mar: Connecting Space with International Security and Stability
- 15 Mar: Scientist and Science Educator Professional Development Workshop
- 15 Mar: MESSENGER MDIS Data Users' Workshop
- 15 Mar: 58th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner
- 15 Mar: March Storm 2015 Legislative Campaign
- 15 Mar: User Workshop for Mars ChemCam/LIBS Data at LPSC
- * Submit Your Event | More Events *
Recent Articles
Masthead
Tip your editors
tips@spaceref.com