sts-122 is the name of the 121st flight of the space shuttle, taking seven people into outer space to visit the international space station. the flight delivered a module to the space station, called "columbus". the space shuttle "atlantis" carried the module. the flight started at 19:45 utc, on 7 february 2008, from the kennedy space center in florida. the flight ended on 20 february, at 14:07 utc, when the shuttle went back to the kennedy space center.