Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC); landing at Cape
Canaveral (
KSC);
ISS 1 E
Columbus. The launch was oringinally planned for 06.12.2007. Due to
malfunctions of fuel sensors several delays were required.
Following a
two day solo flight Atlantis docked to the
ISS on
09.02.2008. Common work with the
ISS
expedition 16.
Transfer
Eyharts to
ISS and
Tani
to the STS-122-crew.
First
EVA by
Walheim and
Love
on 11.02.2008 (7h 58m) was delayed 24 hours. They prepared the Columbus module
for installation on Harmony. Originallly it was planned that
Walheim and
Schlegel had to do this
EVA, but
Schlegel became ill (propably he suffered on the space
adaption syndrome), so
Love
had to do the first
EVA. They installed
the Power Data Grapple Fixture on Columbus, which allowed the space
station’s robotic arm to grab the module and move it from the
shuttle’s payload bay to Harmony at the end of this spacewalk. Preparing
work to remove the Nitrogen Tank Assembly, a part of the station’s thermal
control system, from the P1 truss. The tasks took more time than planned. At
time they were one full hour behind the timeline.
Second
EVA by
Walheim and
Schlegel on 13.02.2008 (6h 45m) to remove the old
NTA and
temporarily store it on an equipment cart. They then installed the new one. The
old
NTA was
transferred to the shuttle's payload bay for return home.
Third and
final
EVA by
Walheim and
Love
on 15.02.2008 (7h 25m) to install two payloads on Columbus' exterior: SOLAR, an
observatory to monitor the sun; and the European Technology Exposure Facility
(EuTEF) that will carry eight different experiments requiring exposure to the
space environment. Move of a failed control moment gyroscope from its storage
location on the station to the shuttle's payload bay for return to
Earth.
