[TWIAR] NASA Assigns Crew for Columbus Shuttle Mission STS-122

[Greg Williams]

Cmdr Stephen N. Frick: KD5DZC - no other hams on this mission per QRZ.com.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=20394

NASA has assigned crew members to the space shuttle mission that will
deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the
International Space Station.

A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, will command the
STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the lab to the 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.

STS-122 will be Frick's second spaceflight. A native of Gibsonia, Pa.,
he served as pilot of shuttle mission STS-110, a flight to the station
in 2002. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and
the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. Poindexter, a
Pasadena, Calif., native, also has a master's from the Naval
Postgraduate School and a bachelor's from the Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta.

Walheim, who considers San Carlos, Calif., his hometown, also flew on
shuttle mission STS-110 in 2002 and is a veteran of two spacewalks. He
has a bachelor's from the University of California, Berkeley, and a
master's from the University of Houston. Melvin is a native of
Lynchburg, Va., and has a bachelor's from the University of Richmond and
a master's from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Love, a Eugene, Ore., native, has a bachelor's from Harvey Mudd College,
Claremont, Calif., and a master's and doctorate from the University of
Washington. Schlegel, a native of Aachen, Germany, has a master's degree
from the University of Aachen. His first flight was on shuttle mission
STS-55 in 1993.

Video of the STS-122 crew members will air on NASA TV's Video File.
Video File airs on the Media Channel (Program 103) at 6-8 and 9-11 a.m.;
12-2 and 4-7 p.m.; and 10 p.m.-midnight. All times are Eastern. For NASA
TV downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For complete astronaut biographical information, visit:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios

For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http//:www.nasa.gov/shuttle