Stacking solid rocket boosters during the weekend for Dec. 6 flight of Atlantis.
While Discovery sits on the launch pad preparing for an Oct. 23 launch, Atlantis is being readied for a Dec. 6 launch.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the solid rocket booster segments were statcked this weekend on the mobile launcher platform for mission STS-122.
Rollover of Atlantis to the VAB is targeted for Nov. 6.
Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick will command the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include Air Force Col. Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland D. Melvin and European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel. Poindexter, Love and Melvin will be making their first spaceflight.
Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who is set to fly to the space station on the STS-120 mission, will return home with the STS-122 crew. STS-122 will deliver European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to the complex.
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