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• Feb. 20: Space shuttle Atlantis touches down at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• The space shuttle Atlantis glides in for a landing Wednesday morning Feb. 20, 2008 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla
• Feb. 20: Atlantis rolls by support personnel as it lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• In this image provided by NASA, the space shuttle Atlantis is serviced by support vehicles and crew at the Shuttle Landing Facility after the safe landing Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2008 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
• Feb. 20: Atlantis is towed back to the Orbiter Processing Facility after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis, mission specialist Leland Melvin, European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel of Germany, mission specialist Stanley Love, mission specialist Rex Walheim, pilot Alan Poindexter and commander Stephen Frick, from left, pose after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008.
• Space shuttle Atlantis pilot Alan Poindexter looks over the shuttle after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008.
• In an image made from NASA television, the space shuttle is seen passing over Italy Monday Feb. 18, 2008, after separating from the international space station. The shuttle is about 799 feet away from the space station.
• This image provided by NASA shows astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-122 pilot, exercising on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of the space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station,Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008.
• This image provided by NASA shows astronauts Steve Frick, second right, STS-122 commander; Leland Melvin, left, Stanley Love, top, and Rex Walheim, all mission specialists, as they take a moment during flight day eight activities for a photo on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008.
• This image provided by NASA shows astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, as he performs work on the outside of the Columbus laboratory, the newest piece of hardware on the International Space Station. Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Astronaut Stanley Love, mission specialist, not seen, shared this final period of STS-122 extravehicular activity with Walheim.
• Feb. 18: The international space station seen from space shuttle Atlantis.
• Feb. 13: In this image provided by NASA, German astronaut Hans Schlegel, top and American astronaut Rex Walheim work on the International Space Station.
• Feb. 13: In this image provided by NASA, American astronaut Rex Walheim works on the Columbus module connected International Space Station.
• Feb. 13: In this image provided by NASA, American astronaut Rex Walheim works on the International Space Station.
• Feb. 13: German astronaut Hans Schlegel during his spacewalk.
• Feb. 13: In this image provided by NASA, German astronaut Hans Schlegel works on the exterior of the international space station.
• Feb. 13: German astronaut Hans Schlegel smiles in space.
• Feb. 12: This image from NASA Television shows the European Space Agency's Columbus module, at lower right, attached to the International Space Station. The module was lifted from the payload bay of the shuttle Atlantis on Monday, Feb. 11 and installed during a spacewalk.
• Feb. 12: In this image from NASA Television, the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory module is seen with shuttle Atlantis in the background. The module was installed on the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Monday.
• Feb. 12: In this image from NASA Television, shuttle Atlantis crew members Leland Melvin, front, and in back Stanley Love, Commander Steve Frick and Rex Walheim, along with International Space Station flight engineer Dan Tani, inverted, watch a floating ball during a news media event from the international space station.
• Feb. 11: In this image from NASA Television, the Columbus module is lifted from the payload bay of the shuttle Atlantis by the robotic arm so it can be installed on the international space station.
• Feb. 8: In this photo provided by NASA, backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the docking mechanism, foreground, Columbus laboratory in space shuttle Atlantis' aft payload bay, vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and Atlantis' Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS) are featured in this image photographed by a STS-122 crewmember during flight day two activities.
• Feb. 8: In this photo provided by NASA, backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the Columbus laboratory in space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay, vertical stabilizer and orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods are featured in this image photographed by a STS-122 crewmember during flight day two activities.
• Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. Atlantis' seven member crew is on a 11-day mission to deliver Columbus, a laboratory module built by the European Space Agency, to the international space station.
• Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday Feb. 7, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. Atlantis' seven member crew is on a 11-day mission to deliver Columbus, a laboratory module built by the European space agency, to the international space station.
• In this image from NASA Television, a solid rocket booster is seen at left separating from the shuttle Atlantis after launch Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Space shuttle Atlantis stands on pad 39A as astronauts start to board the orbiter at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Thursday afternoon on a 11-day mission to the international space station to deliver Columbus, a laboratory module built by the European space agency.
• The space shuttle Atlantis crew, from front center clockwise, commander Stephen Frick, pilot Alan Poindexter, mission specialist Leland Melvin, mission specialist Stanley Love, European Space Agency astronauts Leopold Eyharts of France, and Hans Schlegel of Germany and mission specialist Rex Walheim, leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Weather could delay Thursday's launch.
• Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew are seen prior to boarding the van that will take them to pad 39A. From left to right: European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts of France, mission specialist Stanley Love, European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel of Germany, mission specialist Rex Walheim, mission specialist Leland Melvin, pilot Alan Poindexter and commander Stephen Frick at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Thursday afternoon on a 11-day mission to deliver Columbus, a laboratory module built by the European space agency.
• The Rotating Service Structure pulls away from the space shuttle Atlantis Wednesday evening Feb. 6, 2008 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Seven astronauts are making final preparations for Thursday's planned liftoff.
• Feb. 5: Space shuttle Atlantis sits ready on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Feb. 5: A feral hog runs across the crawler way in front of space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Feb. 4: The space shuttle Atlantis crew from left, commander Stephen Frick, mission specialist Leland Melvin, pilot Alan Poindexter, mission specialist Rex Walheim, European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel of Germany, mission specialist Stanley Love and European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts of France, walk across the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center landing facility after their arrival in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Dec. 5: Space shuttle Atlantis sits ready on pad 39a after the rotating service structure was rolled back to prepare for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• A diagram of the engine cutoff (ECO) sensors inside the external tanks used by NASA's space shuttle.
• Dec. 5: Space shuttle Atlantis sits ready on pad 39a Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, as the rotating service structure is rolled back to prepare for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Atlantis' STS-122 crew poses for a group portrait in front of Atlantis' external tank following a simulated launch countdown at Launch Pad 39A in December.
• Dec. 5: Space Shuttle Atlantis stands bathed in lights atop the mobile launch platform.
• The official crew portrait of space shuttle mission STS-122. From the left (front row) are astronauts Stephen N. Frick, commander; European Space Agency, Leopold Eyharts; and Alan G. Poindexter, pilot. From the left (back row) are astronauts Leland D. Melvin, Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love and European Space Agency's Hans Schlegel, all mission specialists. Eyharts will join Expedition 16 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. The crew members are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.

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